LITTLE BED-BILLED HAWK. 
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Rapaces — DlURJOS. 
FALCONID^E. 
Genus — Falco. (Linnceits.) 
Sub-genus — Astur, (Bechstein.) Melierax, {Gray.) 
Sub-generic Characters. — Wings short, reaching to about two thirds of the 
length of the tail ; first quill feather much shorter than the second, the third 
nearly equal to the fourth, which is the longest. Tarsi long; toes of 
moderate length, the middle one the longest. Claws much bent and pointed. 
LITTLE RED-BILLED HAWK. 
Astur Gabar 
Falco Gabar, 
Fpervier Gabar, 
Astur Gabar, 
Nisus Gabar, 
Sparvius Niger, 
Accipiter Niger, 
Micronisus Gabar, 
Le Gabar, 
Red-legged Falcon, 
Latham ; Ind. Orn. Sup. 
Daudin; Tr. d'Orn., ii, p. 87. 
Le Vaillant. Kaup. 
Cltvier; Regn. An., i. p. 321. 
Vieillot ; Gal. des Ois, i. 22. 
Gould; B. of Australia, pt. 3. 
Gray; Gen. of Birds. 
Le Vaillant. 
Latham. 
pl.f. 
Specific Characters. — Cinereous, paler on the chin, throat, and breast. 
Body, thighs, and inner wing coverts white, with numerous grey bars. Tail 
with four blackish bands; base and tail coverts pure white; feet and base 
of the bill red; has a musical whistle. 
Measurement. — Length of adult male in Norwich Museum, twelve inches. 
Length of wing seven inches and a half. 
This elegant little miniature Goshawk, said by Schlegel to occur 
in Greece, and Malta is given as another European locality by the 
late lamented Mr. Strickland. Dcglancl, however, doubts whether it 
