FALCONID^E. 29 



on the cheeks are brown with reddish edges : the 

 females have the nuchal collar, and all the under 

 parts reddish, the last transversely striped at great 

 distances with broad bands : the head, cheeks, back, 

 wings, and upper surface of the tail chocolate-brown, 

 the tail with the indications of the three transverse 

 white bands that are so conspicuous in the male. 



Sp. 8. As. magnirostris. 



Falco magnirostris. Shatv, v. vii. p. 190. — Ceylon. 



Sp. 9. As. radiatus. 



Falco radiatus. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 177. Temm. PI. Col. 123. — 



New Holland. 

 *f- Sp. 10. As. poliogaster. 



As. nigro-schistaceus, sicbtus cinereo-albus, gula alba, cauda nigra 

 supra fasciis tribus griseis infra quatuor ; mas. : aut rufescens, 

 alis dorsoque nigris pennis riifo marginatis, capite colloque 

 postice hypo chondriis que fusco macidatis ; female. 



Slaty-black Goshawk beneath ashy-white, with the throat white, 

 the tail black, with three grey bands above and four beneath ; 

 male : or, reddish, with the wings and back dusky, the feathers 

 edged with rufous, with the head and neck behind and sides of 

 the body spotted with brown ; female. 



Falco poliogaster. Natterer. Temm. PI. Col. 264 — 295. jun. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length sixteen or seventeen 

 inches : the upper parts of the head and nape are 

 black : the cheeks, feathers on the ears, the wings, 

 and back, are of an uniform dusky slate-colour : the 

 tail is black, with three very narrow grey bands above 

 and four broader ones beneath ; it is slightly tipped 

 with whitish : the chin and the throat are white ; the 

 rest of the under parts uniform ashy-white. The 

 young female has the occiput and the head black : 

 the nape reddish, spotted with black : the back and 

 wings are dusky-brown, with two or three white spots 



