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-*112a. Accipiter ethronemius salvini (Ridgw.), Bull. 

 U.S. Geol. Surv., ii., p. 121 (1876). [Merida, 

 Venez.] 

 Salvia's Sparrow-Hawk. 



Larger ; wing ,J 168, ? 190-200 mm. ; above 

 plumbeous, with a shade of brown ; head 

 blacker ; below with bars on breast and 

 flanks obsolete or absent ; thighs cinnamon 

 rufous. 



Venezuela. 



113. Accipiter chionogaster chionogaster (Kaup), 

 P.Z.S., 1851, p. 41. [Coban, Guatemala.] 

 White-bellied Sparrow-Hawk. 



Wing (J 178, ? 203-213 mm. ; above dark 

 slate ; head blackish ; below white, with 

 fine black shaft lines on chest ; thighs pale 

 ochre. 



Central 

 America. 

 (Guatemala, 

 Nicaragua). 



*113a. Accipiter chionogaster venezudensis subsp. 

 nov. [? Escorial, Merida, Feb. 17, 1911, 

 type in coll. H. Kirke Swann.] 

 Mirida Sparrow-Hawk. 



Wing ? 196-198 mm. ; above much paler 

 slate grey ; thighs pale whitish rusty, 

 instead of pale ochre. 



Venezuela. 



*114. Accipiter ventralis ventralis Sclat., P.Z.S., 

 1866, p. 303. [Interior of Colombia.] 

 Chestnut-belUed Sparrow-Hawk. 



Wing <? 167-171, ? 198 mm. ; above deep 

 slaty grey, including sides of face ; below 

 chestnut, barred with rufous and greyish 

 white ; thighs chestnut. 



Venezuela to 

 Colombia, 

 Ecuador, Peru 

 and N.W. 

 Bolivia. 



