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114a. Accipiter ventralis nigriplumbeus Lawr., Ecuador and- 

 Ann. Lye. N.Y.,ix., p. 270(1869). [Quito Peru. 

 Valley, Ecuador.] 

 Plumbeous Sparrow-Hawk. 



• Wing ^ 172 mm. ; above and below 

 plumbeous ; abdomen mixed with ferru- 

 ginous rufous. 



*115. Accipiter rufiventris rufiventris Smith, S. S. Africa, N. ta 



Afr. Q. Jnl., i., p. 231 (1830). [Baviaan's Katanga 



River.] (Belg. Congo) ; 



African Sparrow-Hawk. Togoland. 



Wing <J 203, ? 238 mm. ; above deep slate ; 

 nape mottled with white ; side of face and 

 under surface tawny rufous. 



115a. Accipiter rufiventris perspicillaris Riipp., Abyssinia. 

 Neue Wirb. Vog., p. 41, pi. 18, f. 2 (1836). 

 \Gondar, Abyssinia.] 

 Abyssinian Sparrow-Hawk. 



Wing <J 195-200, ? 230 mm.; slightly 

 darker below. 



116. Accipiter sharpei sharpei^ Reich., Vog. W. Africa, 

 Afrikas, i., p. 564, pi. 2 (1901). [Gaboon}] Cameroon to 

 Sharpe's Sparrow-Hawk. Benguela. 



Aboce slaty black, lower upper tail-coverts 

 white ; tail with 2 bars of white on inner 

 webs ; below chestnut. 



i Accipiter batesi Sharpe (Bull. B. O. C, xiii., p. 50, 1902) from Cameroon is- 

 said by W. Sclater to be the $ of this form, but see Ibis 192 1, p. 105 



