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brown. Total length, llo inches ; culmen, 075 ; wing, 9*8 ; 

 tail, 5*6 • tarsus, 1*15. 



Adult Female. — Different from the male. Above bluish grey, 

 with transverse black bars on all the feathers, the interscapu- 

 lar}* region a little darker and more ashy ; tail also bluish grey, 

 with narrow black bars, the subterminal one much broader, the 

 tip a little paler grey ; quills brownish, externally ashy grey, 

 barred on the inner web with whitish ; head, hind neck, and 

 underparts rufous, inclining to buff on the under tail -coverts ; 

 forehead whitish • lores and feathers round the eye greyish 

 black ; sides of the face and neck, as well as the throat, yellowish 

 white, with faint indications of a pale rufous moustachial 

 streak ; soft parts as in the male, but less bright. Total length, 

 11 inches ; culmen, 0*7 ; wing, 9*7 ; tail, 5'6 • tarsus, 1* 15. 



Young. — In general colour similar to the adult female, having 

 the tail barred with black ; the forepart of the head is whit- 

 ish ; and there is a strong tinge of rufous on the edgings to the 

 interscapulary region, the bases to the feathers being blackish ; 

 feathers round the eye and on the upper part of ear-coverts 

 greyish black, with faint indications of a moustachial streak • 

 throat and sides of neck creamy white; under surface rufous, 

 paler than in the old female, and streaked with blackish centres 

 to the feathers, these developing into spots towards the end of 

 the feathers ; cere, orbits, and feet reddish yellow • claws 

 yellowish white, with dark grey tips. — Sharpens Catalogue. 



24 bis.— Accipiter melaschistus, Hume. "-Rough 

 Notes," p. 128, February 1869. 



The chief distinctive features are its greater size, and the 

 much greater intensity of the colour of the upper plumage, 

 especially in the female. 



Adult Female. — Length, 16*5 ; wing, 10*5 ; tarsus, 2*35 • 

 tail, 8-7. 



Young Male. — Length, 15*75 ; wing, 9*75 ; tarsus, 2*25 ; 

 tail, 8-5. 



Adult Female. — The head, nape, and upper back deep blackish 

 olivaceous brown, with even a tinge of slaty on the head and 

 nape, where there are traces of a white patch owing to the bases 

 of the feathers showing through ; the scapulars slightly less 

 deep blackish brown ; lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts somewhat slaty brown ; upper wing-coverts and quills 

 hair brown • the secondaries and some of the primaries, with 



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