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Head and the whole of the upper surface dark blue slaty 
grey, ligther on the cheeks; a collar of rich rufous round the back 
of the neck, throat and all the under surface ashy grey, becoming 
white on the abdomen and under tail-coverts; wings blackish 
slate-blue above, freckled and barred with the same tint on the 
inner webs, which are ashy on the base and on the under surface 
washed with fawn color, about 10 bars on the quills; tail dark 
bluish slate-grey above, ashy on the under surface, the centre 
and outer tail-feathers without bars, the rest erossed with 10 to 
12 blackish bars; feet and legs yellow; bill and claws black, cere 
yellowish; total length 13 in., wing 8 in., tail 6 in., tarsus 2,5, 
mid toe, s. u. 1,6 in. 
The long mid. toe of this species gives it more the look of an 
Accipiter than of an Astur. 
Hab.: Thirty miles Inland (New-Guinea). 
194. Astur pulchellus. 
E. P. Ramsay, Journ. Linn. Soc. London. Zoology. Vol. 16 
No. 90 Jan. 1882 p. 131. 
Ohne Beschreibung. Als synynom wird angeführt: Astur so- 
loensis Ramsay (nec Lath.) P. L. S. N.-S.-W. 4 Pt. 1 p. 66. 
Hab.: Solomon-Island. 
195. Astur versicolor. 
E. P. Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.-S.-Wales Vol. 6 p. 718. 
Adult female. — Total length 17 inches, wing 9,75; tail 8 in.; 
tarsus 2,8; mid. toe (s. u.) 1,75, hind toe (s. u.) 0,95; bill from 
forehead 1,2, from cere 0,7, from gape 1,15; culmen from base of 
cere 1,3. 
The whole of the upper and undersurface of the body, wings 
and tail above, and the under wing and tail-coverts of a bluish- 
slate black, slightly darker on the quills and margins of the sca- 
pulars and coverts; the under surface of the quills and tail feathers 
bluish-ashy, except at the tips, towards te base they are almost 
white on the inner webs of the first to fourth primary. Of the tail, 
the outer two and the centre two are without bars, the remaining 
feathers, as well as some of the primaries show remains of black- 
ish bars; the basai portions of the feathers on the crown, nape 
and hind neck are white; on the lower part ofthe hind neck and 
on the rest of the body the bases are dusky; irides bright yellow, 
bill black, cere and legs reddish-yellow. 
Hab.: Island of Ugi, Solomon-Group. 
196. Baza Gurneyi. 
E. P. Ramsay, Journ. Linn. Soc. London. Zoology. Vol. 16 
No. 90 Jan. 1882 p. 130. 
Similar to Baza Reinwardti in many respects, but differs in 
having a paler head and neck, in having an almost pure white 
under surface, and in the bars being narrower, fewer,, and of a 
darker tint. The shoulders are of a rich slate-colour of the same 
tint as the primaries; the breast and abdomen white, with a few 
