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"106. Acicpiter madagascariensis Verr., S. Air. Q. Madagascar. 

 Jnl., ii.. p. 282 (1834). [Madagascar, type 

 in Brit. Mus.J 

 Madagascar Sparrow-Hawk. 



Wing ^ 181, 2 205 mm. ; above blackish 

 brown ; tail uniform above, with paler 

 bands beneath ; below white, thickly 

 barred with greyish black. 



B. Thighs barred ; red collar on hind neck. 



*107. Accipiter cirrocephalus cirrocephalus {VieiU.) E. Australia^ 

 N. Diet., X., p. 329 (1817). [N.S.Wales.-] 

 Collared Sparrow-Hawk. 



Wing (J 210, 2 253 mm. ; above bluish ash ; 

 tail almost uniform above, but with numer- 

 ous darker bars below on inner webs ; 

 below broadly barred with vinous red and 

 greyish white. 



107a. Accipiter cirrocephalus broomei (Math.), W. Australia, 



Nov. Zool., xviii., p. 247 (1912). [Broome Northern 

 Hill, S.W. Australia.] Territory. 



Broome's Sparrow-Hawk. 



Doubtfully distinct ; slightly smaller, wing 

 <? 204-206, $ 240 mm. ; said to be darker 

 above. 



107b. Accipiter cirrocephalus papuanus Rothsch. Dutch New 

 & Hart., Nov. Zool., xx., p. 482 (1913). Guinea. 

 [Snow Mtns., type in Tring Mus.] 

 Papuan Sparrow-Hawk. 



* After a careful examination of the type and series at Tring I am unable to 

 detect any character by which A. c. htesitata Mathews from Cape York may be 

 separated. 



