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Ms specimens in the neighbourhood of Lagoa Santa, and Novo Friborgo, but saw it in other places, 

 and it probably extends all over the South-eastern parts of Brazil. Whether it is also found in 

 the adjoining States of South America we cannot positively say, but in all probability Azara's 

 " Esparverilld\ (Apunt. I. p. 121, No. 27), must be referred to this species, and D'Orbigny's 

 " Nisus striatal from Yuracares in Bolivia, (Voy. Ois. p. 88), may also be conjectured to belong 

 to it. 



Our figures are taken from the typical specimens of this species in the British Museum. 

 We may note that Mr. Gray never gave any description of this bird, and that the first published 

 characters are those of Dr. Kaup, above referred to. The species should therefore be correctly 

 cited as Accipiter erythrocnemis, Kaup- 



Specimens in the Paris Museum, probably referable to the young of this species, are marked 

 " Sparvius guttatus, Vieillot," and u Nisus variatus, Cuv." But these names are both strictly 

 applicable to Azara's " Esparverillo pardo y goteado" which, as far as we can judge from his 

 description, is in all probability a very different bird. 



May, 1867. 



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