108 Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, 6fc. 



tamsuicus. I have done with Tamsuy just now, and shall be off 

 by the middle of the month to take up my station at Takow, 

 whence you will hear from me so soon as I have anything special 

 to report. I am, kc, 



Robert Swinhoe. 



In continuation of former extracts from Mr. Swinhoe's notes, 

 we print the following : — 



AccipiTER viRGATUs (Temm.). 



Length 14'5 in.; wing 8-5 in.; 5th quill rather longer than 4th, 

 and longest ; 7th about '15 shorter than 2nd ; 6th about between 

 2nd and 3rd ; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th deeply indented on inner 

 web, the 4th the least and the 5th scarcely appreciably so. Tail 

 6'7 in. ; rectrices broad, slightly narrowing towards their obtuse 

 tips, little graduated, the outermost one being about ^ inch 

 shorter than the centrals. Tarse 2*5 in. ; mid toe 1"7, its claw '5. 

 Inner toe shorter than the outer, but with its large claw nearly 

 equal to the outer with its claw. Legs greenish yellow; 

 yellower on the toes, which have orange soles ; claws hooked, 

 sharp, and black. Bill bluish at the base, dark at the tip and 

 on culmenj tomia festooned deeply. Cere greenish yellow. 

 Upper plumage deep brown ; nearly black on the head, cheeks, 

 and nape, and having black edges to many of the dorsals. 

 Quills : 2nd to the 5th indented on their outer edge ; all 

 obscurely banded. Tail pale brown, with a tinge of yellowish 

 grey, with four broad black transverse bands, the outer rectrices 

 having six narrow lighter bands on the inner web, with a broad 

 dark tip to each. All the feathers are patched with white on their 

 inner webs at their bases. Throat white, with black median 

 streaks to the feathers. Axillaries white, tinged with cream- 

 colour, spotted and barred with black. Under wings more or less 

 whitish, barred with blackish. A few black drops occur on the 

 centre of the breast ; but the greater part of that and the sides 

 of the belly are yellowish brown, rather narrowly barred with 

 white. Under tail-coverts white, with a few blackish bars. The 

 rest of the under plumage brown, barred with white. Under 

 tail pale, and more faintly barred than on upper surface. Under 

 rachids of rectrices white. The brown of the upper parts has 



