ACCIPTTRINiE. 





the and lateral margins festooned ; the nostrils placed anteriorly in the cere, large and suboval, partly 

 concealed by the projecting hairs of the lores. Wings moderate, with the fourth and fifth quills nearly 

 equal and longest, Tail long, ample, and nearly square at its end. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, 

 covered in front with nearly obsolete scales. Toes more or less lengthened, and padded beneath the joints ; 

 the lateral ones unequal ; and the inner and hind toes equal in length, and both with a strong curved 

 claw. 



These birds are found in various parts of the world, generally in the valleys and wooded districts. They are very 

 courageous ; their flight is low, sweeping over the ground with great rapidity; and they pounce upon their prey with 

 great exactness while on the wing. Their food consists almost exclusively of birds, such as partridges and pigeons, 

 and sometimes of small lizards, &c. The nest is built upon low trees, or in a bush, and is composed of slender sticks ; 

 but the females sometimes occupy the deserted nests of other birds. They deposit from four to six eggs. 



1. A. Nisus (Linn.) Pall. PI. enl. 467- 412. — Accipiter frin- 

 gillarius Ray ; Ace. Nisus Pall. Zoogr. t. 12. ; Ace. maculatus Briss. ; 

 Nisus communis Can. ; Falco lacteus Gmel. ; F. minutus Linn. ? ; 

 Ace. nisosimilis Tick. 



2. A. soloensis (Horsf.) — Falco cuculoides Temm. PI. col. 129. 

 110. ; Type of Tachyspiza Kaup (1844). 



3. A. rufiventris A. Smith — Falco exilis Temm. PI. cor. \Q6. 



4. A. perspicillatus (Riipp.) Faun. Abyss, t. 18. f. 2. 



5. A. torquatus (Cuv.) PI. col. 43. 93. • — Falco Nisus var. Lath. 

 Lamb. Icon. ined. ii. pi. 7- ; Sparvius cirrocepbalus Vieill ; Nisus 

 australis Less. 



6. A. Cooperi Pr. Bonap. Araer. On. pi. 10. f. 1. — Falco Stanleyi 

 Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 36. 



7. A.fuscus (Gmel.) Mill. Illustr. pi. 18. — Falco pennsylvanicus 

 Wils. Amer. Orn.pl. 46. f. 1. ; Falco velox Wils. ; Sparvius lineatus 

 Vieill. ; Falco dubius et F. obscurus Gmel. ? ; Accipiter fringilloides 

 Vigors. ? 



8. A. virgatus (Temm.) PI. col. 109. 



9. A. madagascariensis A. Smith. 



10. A. minullus (Daud.) Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 34. 



11. A. niger (Vigors) Gould, Gal. des Ois. t. 22. — Falco 

 Banksii Temm. 



12. A. tinus (Lath.). 



13. A. pileatus (Pr. Max.) PI. col. 205. — Falco poliogaster 

 Temm. PI. col. 264, 265. 



14. A. badius (Gmel.) Blyth, Brown's Illustr. pi. 3. — Falco 

 Dussumieri Temm. PI. col. 308. 336.; Accipiter dukhunensis Sykes ; 

 Falco Brownii Shaw ; Ace Besra Jerd. 111. Ind. Orn. pi. 4. ; Type 

 of Nisastur Blyth (1844). 



\5. A. brachydactylus Swains. B. of W. Afr. 1. p. 118. 



16. A. Tachiro (Daud.) Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 24., PI. col. 337- 

 420. 



17. A. polyzonus (Temm.) Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 58. 



18. A. polyzono-ides A. Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool. pi. 11. 



19. A. ? manillensis (Meyen), Nov. Act. 1834. Suppl. t. ix. 



20. A. sphenurus (Riipp.) Faun. Abyss, p. 42. 



21. A. hiogaster (Mull. & Schl.) Verb. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. overz. 

 Bezitt. p. 1 10. 



22. A. minutus (Linn.) Briss. Orn. 1. pi. 30. f. 1. — Falco Bris- 



sonianus Shaw. 



23. A. Ilomb. & Jacq. Voy.au Pole Sud, &c, Ois. 



t. 2. 



24. A. striatus (Vieill.) Ois. d'Amer. Septr. t. 14. — Nisus Mal- 

 fini Less. 



25. A. leucorrhljus (Vieill.) Ency. Meth. p. 1269. 



26. A. rufus (Lath.) — Sparvius rufiventris Vieill. 



27. ? A. saperciliaris (Vieill.) N. Diet. Hist. Nat. x. 328., Azara 

 No. 25. 



28. A. tricolor (Vieill.) N. Diet. Hist. Nat. x. 328. 



29. A. ardosiaccus (Vieill.) Ency. Meth. p. 1274. 



30. A. guttatus (Vieill.) N. Diet. Hist. Nat. x. 327., Azara No. 



24. 



31. A. bicolor (Vieill.) N. Diet. Hist. Nat. x. 325. 



32. A. subniger (Vieill.) N. Diet. Hist. Nat. x. 319- 



33. A. ccerulescens (Vieill.) N. Diet. Hist. Nat. x. 318. 



34. A. pygmceus. — Sparvius minutus Vieill. N. Diet. Hist. Nat. 

 x. 328. 



Folio rnis Kaup. 



* 



Bill moderate, broad at the base and compressed towards the tip, which is acute and much hooked; 

 the lateral margins festooned ; the base covered for less than half the length of the bill with a cere ; the 

 nostrils large and suboval. Wings lengthened, with the third and fourth quills the longest. Tail long, 

 ample, and rounded at its end. Tarsi twice the length of the middle toe, without the claw, and covered 



* Established by M. Kaup (Class, der Saiig. * V6g. p. 122.) in 1844. In the same year Mr. Hodgson, in his List of Nepaul Birds, 

 published this division under the name of Butastur. 



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