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B. Sides of crown uniform witli crown itself ; no 

 distinct red nape band ; total length under 

 20 in. 



f*66. Astur tachiro tachiro (Daud.), Traite, ii., S. Africa (Cape 



p. 90 (1800). [ex. Levaillant — Pays d'Aic- Colony, Natal, 



teniquoi.] E. Transvaal). 

 African Goshawk. 



Wing o 215, $ 235 mm. ; above brownish 

 or slate ; tail with about 3 darker bands ; 

 below white, barred with dark rufous brown 



66a. Astur tachiro benguellensis subsp. no v. [? Angola. 

 Kabisombo R., Quilengo, Benguella, Feb. 2, 

 1895, W. J. Ansorge, type in Tring Mus.] 

 Angolan Goshawk. 



Much larger ; wing ? 260, tail 230 mm. ; 

 more heavily barred below and on under 

 wing-coverts, with no rufous wash. 



66b. Asiur tachiro sparsimfasciatus Reichen., Zanzibar Is. 

 Orn. M.B., iii., p. 97 (1895). [Zanzibar.] 

 Zanzibar Goshawk. 



Wing 248-260 mm. ; below lighter ; cross 

 bands more distinct ; no bars on under 

 wing-coverts. 



66c. Astur tachiro nyansm'^ Neumann, Orn. M.B. N. & W. Coasts 



X., p. 138 (1902). [FoH Portal, Victoria of Victoria 



Nyanza.] Nyanza ; 



Uganda Goshawk. (Uganda). 



Smaller ; wing <J 210, 9 246 mm. ; stripes 

 below brownish black, wing-coverts barred. 



i A. hilgerti Erlanger (J. f. O. 1904, p 173) is, I believe, a melanism of this form. 



