FALCONIDiE. 33 



Inhabits Java. Length near ten inches : the plu- 

 mage of the upper parts of the body and wings is 

 deep bluish-ash, and on elevating the dorsal feathers 

 there appears a white spot in the centre of each, and 

 on those of the wings a series of large white spots on 

 their inner webs, which are not visible when the plu- 

 mage is depressed ; the upper surface of the tail is 

 similar in colour to that of the back, and is marked 

 with three broad black bands : the fore part of the 

 neck and the middle of the breast are white, with a 

 longitudinal brown band down the middle, composed 

 of spots : the sides of the neck, those of the breast, 

 and part of the flanks are bright red : the lower belly 

 and the coverts are striped with broad transverse red 

 and white spots : the abdomen and the under tail- 

 coverts are pure white : the inner part of the wing is 

 rayed with white, but the lesser coverts are red, 

 spotted with brown : the tail is even at the end. 



Sp. 6. Ac. pileatus. 



Ac. cinereo-schistaceus, subtus albido-cinereus, vertice alisque ni- 



gricantibus ; femoribus rufis. 

 Ashy-slate coloured Sparrowhawk beneath whitish-ash, with the 



crown and wings dusky-lead ; the thighs red. 

 Falco pileatus. Temm. PL Col. 205. 



Inhabits Brazil. The male has the top of the head 

 and the wings of a slaty-ash : the cheeks, the nape, 

 the back, and the scapulars ash : the throat, the fore 

 part of the neck, the breast, and the belly are whitish- 

 ash ; with a brown stripe down each feather in the 

 direction of the shaft : the thighs are bright red : 

 the under wing-coverts are edged with reddish : the 



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