182 Mr. ViGORs's and Dr. Horsfield's Description of the 



Rostrum peclesi\ViQ pallidc pliimbei. Caput, collum, pecfusque 

 lineis latis brunneis notata. Abdomen fasciis latis brun- 

 neis notatum. Rémiges interne rufo-marginatœ, obscure 

 fusco-fasciatœ : subtus pallidiores, ad apicem fuscee, brun- 

 neo-fasciata?. Bectrices brunneœ, interne rufo-marginafœ ; 

 subtus pallidiores, fasciis plurimis fusco-brunneis instructœ. 

 Longitudo corporis, 19; alœ a carpo ad remigem quartam, 

 12 ; caudce, 10 ; mandibules superioris, 1, inferioris, -^ ; 

 tarsi, 3^. 



This species bears a great resemblance to both the last in 

 its colovu's and the general distribution of them; and we have 

 had some doubt as to our bird being the young of one of them. 

 lUit we consider that the fasciœ on the abdomen, which are 

 broader and less frequent than those on the same part in Ast. 

 faseiatus, form a sutlicient mark of distinction between the two 

 species ; while its greater size and stronger tarsi equally sepa- 

 rate it from Ast. radiatus. The tarsi of this latter species are, 

 comparatively speaking, slender, and bring it near the group of 

 Accipiti-es. 



Genus. Accipiter. Raii et And. 



1. ToKQUATUs. Acc. supei-ne cineraceo-fnscus, nucha rnfescente ; 



subtus albidus, rufo-fasciatus. 

 Falco torquatus. Cuv. 

 Autour à Collier roux. Temm. PL Col. 43. 



.luv. Ace. supernè cineraceo-fuscus, albido-varicgatus, subtus albi- 

 dus, pectore fusco-Uneato, abdomine fasciis rufofuscis latis 

 notato. 



Autour à Collier roux jeune. Temm. VI. Col. 93. 



Mr. Caley says, " the native name of this Ilazck is Bilbil. It 

 is a bold bird, and makes great havoc among chickens. I once 



witnessed 



