218 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
Subfamily ACCIPITRINA, 
Genus ACCIPITER, Briss. 
78. Accipiter fuscus, (Gm.) Gray. Sharp-shinned Hawk. 
Falco fuscus, Gm., Lath., Daud., Bp., Nutt., Aud., Brewer. 
Accipiter fuscus, Bp., Cass., Bd., Scl., and most late authors. 
Astur fuscus, Aud., DeKay, Gir. 
Nisus fuscus, Kaup., Finsch., B. B. & R. 
Falco dubius, Gm., Lath., Daud. 
Accipiter striatus, Vieil. 
Falco velox, Wils., Bp. 
Accipiter velox, Vig., Steph. 
Falco pennsylvanicus, Wils. 
Nisus pennsylvanicus, Cuv. 
Accipiter pennsylvanicus, Vig., Steph., Sw. & Rich., Jard., Sw. 
Sparvius lineatus, Vieil. 
Accipiter ardosiacus, Vieil. 
Female: Length, 12 to 14; wing, 74 to 8; tail, 64 to 7. 
Male: Length, 10 to 11; wing, 6 to 63; tail, 5 to 53. 
Hab.—The whole of North America; south to Panama. Bahamas. 
(B. B. & RB.) ; 
Colonel Wedderburn has a specimen in his collection, shot near Pen- 
niston’s Pond on the 23d February, 1853, and Mr. Bartram has another, 
shot by himself near Stock’s Point. 
Genus ASTUR, Lacépéde. 
79. Astur atricapillus, (Wils.) Jard. American Goshawk. 
Falco atricapillus, Wils., Wag , Nutt. 
Hierofalco atricapillus, Cuv. 
Sparvius atricapillus, Vieil. 
Astur atricapillus, Jard. & Selby, Bp., Kaup., Cass., and late authors. 
Falco palumbarius, Bp., Aud. 
Accipiter palumbarius, Sw. & Rich. 
Astur palumbarius, Aud., Gir. 
Astur palumbarius, var. atricapillus, Ridg., B. B. & R. 
Falco regalis, Temm. 
Dedalion pictum, Less. 
Female: Length, 22 to 24; wing, about 14; tail, 104 to 11. 
Male: Length about 20; wing, 124; tail, 94. 
Hab.—North America, chiefly in the northwestern portions. (Baird.) 
I examined two specimens in Mr. Bartram’s collection, the only ones 
that have occurred. One is a fine adult, shot on Somerset Island some 
twelve years since; the other is in immature plumage, with the close 
barring of the under parts only just commencing to appear on the thighs. 
