40 



*77b. Astur badius poliopsis (Hume), Stray 

 Feathers, ii., 1874, p. 325. [iV. Pegu.] 

 Hume's Shikra. 



Larger than A. badius badius; above 

 darker grey ; below with broader and 

 brighter vinous bands. 



Assam, Burma, 



Tenasserim, 



Siam, 



Indo-China, 



Formosa. 



7c. Astur badius cenchroides Severtz., Turkist. 

 Jevotn., p. 63 (1873). [Russian Turkestan]. 

 Severtzow s Shikra. 



Wing (? 198, tail 165 mm. ; wing ? 215, 

 tail 180 mm. ; tail slightly longer and more 

 definitely barred ; below with paler cross 

 bars. 



Central Asia 

 (Turkestan), 

 Baluchistan, 

 E. Persia and 

 Punjab, Sind 

 (winter). 



78. Astur brevipes Severtz., Bull. Soc. Imp. 

 Nat. Moscou, xxiii., p. 234, tab. i.-iii. 

 (1850). [Govt. Woronesch, S. Russia.] 

 Levant Shikra. 



Larger ; wing <? 215-222, ? 230-240 mm. ; 

 mantle blackish slate ; bars below paler 

 salmon colour ; under wing-coverts dis- 

 tinctly barred. 



Central Russia, 

 Dalmatia, 

 Greece, Turkey, 

 Asia Minor, 

 Persia, Syria, 

 Egypt. 



*79. Astur sphenurus sphenurus (Riipp.), Neue 

 Wirb., p. 42 (1835). {Dahlak I., near 

 Massaua, Red Sea.] 

 Riippell's Goshawk. 



Wing <J 178, ? 192-204 mm. ; above clear 

 bluish ashy, below as in ^. badius badius, 

 but under wing-coverts buffy white, with 

 faint dusky cross bars ; tail with 7 black 

 bands instead of 6j 



N.E. Africa, 

 Sudan to 

 Senegambia, 

 Sierra Leone, 

 Nigeria. 



