Order ACCIPITEES.] 



[Fam. PALCONIDJil. 



HIEEACIDEA NOV^ ZEALANDI^. 



(QUAIL-HAWK.) 



New-Zealand Falcon^ Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 57 (1781). 



Falco novce seelandicB^ Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 268 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Falco australis^ Hombr. et Jacq. Ann. Sci. Nat. 1841, p. 312. 



Hypotriorchis novm zealandiw^ Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 20 (1844). 



Falco harpe^ Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 68 (1844). 



Hieracidea novce zealandiw^ Kaup, Isis, 1847, p. 80. 



Harpe novce-zealandiw, Bonap. Comptes Rendus, xli. p. 652 (1855) 



leracidea novce zealandim. Gray, Hand-1. of B. i. p. 22 (1869). 



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Native names. 

 Karearea, Kaiaia, Kaeaea, Kakarapiti, Karewarewa, and Tawaka 



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'^ nigricanti-brunneus, pileo unicolori saturatiore : dorso fasciis irregularibus fulvescentibus transnotato : 



remigibus nigricanti-brunneis, pogouio interne albo transfasciato : secundariis extus fasciis angustis 



albidis notatis: cauda nigricanti-brunnea, albido anguste et interrupte transfasciatd : facie laterali 



nigricante, superciho indistincto et genis imis rufescentibus : gutture fulvescenti-albo, scapis plumarum 



nigro indicatis : corpore reliqno subtus laetiiis falvescente, pectoris plumis saturate brunneo medialiter 



striatis et fulvo plus minusve distincte ocellatis : hypochondriis imis cum cruribus et subcaudaHbus 



Isetissime castaneis : subalaribus ftdvescentibus, castaneo tinctis, his et axillaribus fulvescenti-albo 



ocellatis : rostro cyanescenti-nigro, ad basin mandibute corneo : cera palHde flavd : pedibus flavis : iride 

 sordide flava. 



$ mari similis, sed pauUo major. 



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<S juv. supr^ fuliginoso-brunneus, pileo magis cinerascente : cauda miniis distincte transfasciata : gutture 



fulvescenti-albo, anguste brunneo striato : subtus fuhginoso-brunneus, pectore paullo nigricante et 

 hypochondriis cruribusque vix castaneo tinctis : pectore medio albido obscure maculato : abdomine imo 

 crissoque fulvescentibus : hypochondriis distincte fulvo ocellatis : cera et plaga oculari cyanescenti-albis : 

 pedibus plumbeis : ungulis nigicantibus. 



Pull, lanugiiie plumbea indutus. 



Adult male. Crown of the head and nape glossy black ; upper surface generally brownish black, barred on the 

 scapulars and tail-coverts with rufous, and narrowly on the wing-coverts with rufous grey ; a line over 

 each eye, and sides of the neck, varied with rufous ; facial streak and ear-coverts black ; throat fulvous 

 white, with narrow black shaft-lines, broadening out towards the breast ; fore part of the neck and breast 

 fulvous varied with rufous, aud having the centre of each feather brown ; sides of the body dark brown varied 

 with rufous, and with large rounded spots of fulvous white ; abdomen and vent rich fulvous ; under tail 

 coverts and tibial plumes rufous brown, with narrow black shaft-lines ; quills and secondaries obscurely 



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