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[Fam. FALCOI^IEiE. 



HIEEACIDEA BETJNNEA. 



(BUSH-HAWK.) 



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Falco hrunneus^ Gould, P, Z. S. 1837, p. 139. 

 Falcoferox, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 67 (1848). 

 Ilieracidea hrunnea^ Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 215. 

 Ilarpe hrunneiis^ Gray, Hand-1. of B. i. p. 22 (1869). 



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Native names. 



The same as those applied to the preceding species ; but sometimes distinguished as Karewa- 

 rewa-tara. "Sparrow-Hawk" of the colonists. 



d simiUs H, nova zealandia, sed valde minor : subtus magis cinereus : caudse fasciis angustioribus et obscuri- 



oribus : subtus palUdior, distinctius striatus et maculatus. 



2 maris staturam conspicue superans, 



Juv, a specie prsecedcnte baud distinguendus^ sed subtus obscurlor. 



Adult male. Upper parts generally greyish blacky darkest on the head and nape; shoulders^ scapulars^ and 

 small "wing-covcrts narrowly barred with greyish white^ the back and upper tail-coverts with small cres- 

 centic bands of rufous; throat yellowish white ; ciliary bristles^ ear-coverts^ and the facial streak black; 

 a line over each eyc^ and the sides of the neck^ reddish brown^ varied with fulvous and black ; breast and 

 sides falvous^ varied with reddish brown^ and largely marked with black. On the breast each feather 

 has a central dash of black ; and on the sides these markings assume a triangular form^ giving a spotted 

 character to the surface of the plumage. The wing-feathers are marked^ on their outer web, by narrow 

 transverse bands of greyish white ; and the tail-feathers, which are black with a purplish reflection, have 

 a series of seven narrow white bars disunited at the shaft, and are tipped with rufous brown; axillars 

 dark rufous brown, with a series of round white spots on each web ; abdomen and vent pale fulvous ; 

 tibial plumes rufous, with black shaft-lines. Bill black, white at the base of lower mandible; irides and 

 feet yellow; claws black. Extreme length 16 inches; extent of wings 26*5; wing, from flexure, 9; 

 tail 6'5 ; tarsus 2'25 ; middle toe and claw 2*3; hind toe and claw 1*3; bill, along the ridge, *85, 

 along the edge of lower mandible 1. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in its somewhat larger size and in the darker and richer colouring of 

 its plumage; but in other respects the sexes are alike. Extreme length 17 inches; wing, from flexure, 

 11 ; tail 8 ; tarsus 2*5. 



Young, The young of this species bears a general resemblance in its plumage to that of the preceding bird; 

 but on a close comparison it will be observed that the brown of the underparts is darker, while the 

 spotted markings on the sides are rather more conspicuous. The tibials, moreover, are of a brighter 

 rufous, and are crossed with numerous arrow-shaped marks of brown. 



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