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83. Astur pallidiceps (Salvad.), Orn. d. Papu- 

 asia, etc., i., p. 64 (1879). [Bouru.] 

 White-headed Goshawk. 



Bouru, 



Head, neck and upper part of mantle light 

 greyish white ; rest of upper parts slate 

 grey, tail uniform ; below vinous rusty red. 



84. Astur poliocephalus (Gray), P.Z.S., 1858, 

 pp. 170, 189. lAtu Is., type in Br. Mus.] 

 Grey-headed Goshawk. 



Wing c? 198, ? 213 mm. 

 tail with blackish bars 



above as last, but 

 below white. 



New Guinea, 

 Salawati, 

 Mysol, Waigiou 

 and Aru Is. 



*85. Astur francescii francescii {Smith), Ail. Q. 

 Jnl., ii., p. 280 (1834). [Madagascar, type 

 in B. M.] 

 Frances's Goshawk. 



Madagascar. 



Smaller; wing c? 154-158, ? 173 mm.; 

 above uniform dark slate ; tail with 7 

 darker bars ; below buffy white, with faint 

 concealed cross bars on chest. 



85a. Astur franccscii pusillusGumey, Ihis, 1S7 5, Joanna or 

 p. 258. [Joanna I.] Anjuan I. 



Joanna Island Goshawk. (Comoro 



Group) . 

 Smaller and darker above. 



*86. Astur rail rail \ig. & Horsf., Trans. Linn. 

 Soc, XV., p. 180 (1827.) [N.S. Wales.-] 

 Grey Goshawk. 



[Astur clarus clarus. ed. 1.] 



Much larger ; wing ? 305-318 mm. ; above 

 brownish ash colour ; below white barred 

 with dull ashy. 



E. side of 

 Australia. 



