1863.] 



BIRDS OF TIMOR, FLORESj AND LOMBOCK. 



487 



ACCIPITER SYLVESTRIS. 



Cinereus, capite pallidiore, gula pallide rvfescente, pectore et 

 ahdomine rufis anguste albo fasciaiis, alis subtus et tectricibus 

 caudcE inferioribus albescentibus, rectricibus ad basin albis plus 

 minusve nigro fasciatis. 



Ashy above, rufous beneath, narrowly banded with whitish ; wings 

 white on the under surface, except the ends of the quills ; tail white 

 at the base, and the feathers towards the centre with eight or nine 

 blackish bands. This bird resembles A. iogaster in wanting the 

 rufous collar, but is much smaller and paler-coloured ; it is also like 

 A. cruentus in its banded under surface, but, though smaller, has a 

 larger bill than that species. Bill black ; cere and legs yellow. 



cJ . Total length 1 2\ inches ; wings 7 inches ; tail 5| inches. 



$ . Total length 13f inches; wing 8 inches; tail 65 inches. 

 Hab. Flores. 



Scops silvicola. 



Ru/o-/uscus, plumis nigro lineatis et maculatis ; tectricibus ala- 

 rum albo marginatis ; remigibus fuscis, fasciis pluritnis externe 

 pallide rujis, interne obsoletis ; Cauda obscura, rufo irrorata, 

 fasciis decern rufis ; tarsis dense vestitis, digitis nudis. 



