PIGEON HAWK. 469 



marked with pale brown spots. Tail banded with brownish-white trans- 

 verse spots, which do not reach the outer margin of the feathers, and 

 tipped with the same. Throat white, cheeks whitish, patched and streak- 

 ed with brown. A broad mystachial band of the same colour. Under 

 parts generally light reddish-brown, marked with guttiform spots. Tibial 



feathers marked with more elongated spots. Under tail-coverts nearly 

 spotless. 



Length 13 inches, extent of wings 28 ; bill /j along the ridge, { | 



along the gap. 



Adult Female. Plate XCII. Fig. 2. 



The colouring of the female is generally similar to that of the male, 

 somewhat Ughter above, with the spots of the lower parts broader. 



Length 14^ inches, extent of wings 30; bill f along the ridge, f 

 along the gap, measured from the tip of the lower mandible. 



