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

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

 White-headed Goshawk. 



Head, neck and upper part of mantle light 

 greyish white ; rest of upper parts slate 

 grey, tail uniform ; below vinous rusty red. 



84. Astur poliocephahts (Gray), P.Z.S., 1858, New Guinea, 

 pp. 170, 189. [Atu Is., type in Br. Mus.] Salawati, 

 Grey-headed Goshawk. Mysol, Waigiou 



and Aru Is. 



Wing (J 198, ? 213 mm. ; above as last, but 

 tail with blackish bars : below white. 



*85. Astur francescii francescii (Smith), Afr. Q. Madagascar. 

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

 in B. M.] 

 Frances's Goshawk. 



Smaller; wing <? 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 francescii pusiUusGm:ney, Ibis, 1875, Joanna or 

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



Joanna Island Goshawk. (Comoro 



Smaller and darker above. 



Group). 



*86. Astur rait raii Vig. & Horsf., Trans. Linn. E. side of 

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

 Grey Goshawk. 

 [Astur clarus clarus. ed. 1.] 



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

 brownish ash colour ; below white barred 

 with dull ashy. 



