30 falconidjE. 



in the middle of each feather, more or less covered : 

 the tail has three ashy bands above and four beneath, 

 and is tipped with white : all the under parts and the 

 sides of the neck are reddish ; the former are unspotted, 

 and the latter, as well as the sides, are longitudinally 

 dashed with brown. 



GENUS XX— ACCIPITER Auctorum. SPARROWHAWK. 



Rostrtim breve ; narcs sub- 



ovales. 

 Tarsi elongati, glabri ; acro- 



tarsia scutellata, suturii 



vix decernenda. 



jBeak short ; nostrils some- 

 what oval. 



Tarsi elongated, glabrous ; 

 acrotarsia scutellated, the 

 sutures scarcely visible. 



Sparvius pars, Vieillot. — Ierax, Leach. — Nisus, Cuvier. 



Sp. 1. Ac. fringillarius. Ray. 



Falco nisus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 187 — Britain, and other parts of 



Europe. 



Sp. 2. Ac. torquatus. 



Ac. cinereus subtus alius rufo transverse striatus, torque nuchali 

 rttfo; rem/'gibus rectricibusque fusco Jasciatis. 



Ash-coloured Sparrowhawk with the under parts white trans- 

 versely striped with rufous ; a red collar on the nape ; the quills 

 and tail-feathers banded with brown. 



Falco torquatus. Cuvier. Temm. PI. Col. 43 — 93. 



Inhabits the north of New Holland, Timor, &c. 

 Length about fifteen inches : top of the head, cheeks, 

 back, wings, and tail deep ash : on the lower part of 

 the nape is a broad half collar of red, more or less 

 bright, and varied with ashy according to age ; the 

 tail and the quills are rayed with numerous brown 

 bands, most distinct in young subjects : all the under 

 parts of the male are whitish, transversely striped 

 with narrow reddish bands, which are most distant 



