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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. Zoogr. t. 12., PI. enl. 467. 412.— 

 Accipiter fringillarius Ray ; Nisus communis Cuv. ; Falco lacteus 

 Gmel. ; Ac. nisosimilis Tick. ; Ac. subtypicus Hodgs. Gould, B. of 

 Eur. pi. 18. 



2. A. tachiro (Daud.) Levant Ois. d'Afr. t. 24. — Falco poly- 

 zonus Temm. Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 58. ; F. unduliventris Rilpp. 

 Faun. Abyss, t. 18. f. 1., PI. col. 377- 420. 



3. A. rufiventris A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. Birds, pi. 93. — 

 Falco exilis Temm. Pi. col. 49t>. ; F. perspicillatus Rilpp. Faun. 

 Abyss, t. 18. f. 2. 



4. A.fuscus (Gmel.) Mill. 111. pi. 18. — Accipiter striatus Vieill. 

 Ois. de l'Amer. Sept. t. 14.; Nisus Malfini Less.; Falco pennsyl- 

 vanicus Wils. Amer. Orn. pi. 46. f. 1. ; F. velox WiU. Amer. Orn. 

 pi. 45. f. 1. ; Sparvius lineatus, S. striatus, et S. ardosaceus Vieill. ; 

 F. dubius et F, obscurus Gmel. ? ; Accipiter mexicanus Swains. ; 

 Ac. fringilloides Vigors ? PL col. 67. 



5. A. pileatus (Pr. Max.) PI. col. 205. Azara, No. 26. 



6. ? A. Cooperi (Pr. Bonap.) Amer. Orn. pi. 10. f. 1. — Falco 

 Stanleyi Audub. B. of Amer. pi. 56. ; F. Beskii Licht. ; Nisus 

 variatus Cuv. Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 6l., Azara, Voy. iii. t. 24., Azara, 

 No. 24. ; Sparvius guttatus et S. major Vieill. 



7. A. madagascariensis Verr. S. Afr. Journ. (1833.) p. 80. 



8. A. tinus (Lath.) — Falco superciliosus Linn.}; Sparvius 

 minutus et S. subniger Vieill. ; Type of Hieraspiza Kaup (1847). 



9. A. minullus (Daud.) Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 34. 



10. A. virgatus (Temm.) PI. col. 109. — Accipiter besra Jerd. 

 111. Ind. Orn. pi. 4. ; Falco minutus Linn. ? ; F. Brissonianus 

 Shaw ? ; Nisus minutus Less. ; Ac. affinis Hodgs. ; Ac. nisoi'des 

 Bl. ? ; N. hyogaster Miill. &; Schl. ; N. gularis Temm. S; Schl. 

 Faun. Japon. t. 2. ; F. Delafonii H. Smith, Griff. An. Kingd. i. pi. 

 p. 239. 



11. A. cirrocephalus (Vieill.) N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. x. p. 328. — 

 Accipiter torquatus Fig. <Jf Horsf. ; Sparvius tricolor Vieill. ; Nisus 

 australis Less. ; Falco melanops Lath. ? Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 

 19., PI. col. 43. 93.; Type of Urospiza Kaup (1847). 



12. A. cruentus (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 113., B. of Austr. 

 i. pi. 18. 



13 A. approximans (Vig. & Horsf.) Linn. Trans, xv. p. 181. — 

 Astur radiatus et A. fasciatus Vig. § Horsf. Gould, B. of Austr. i. 

 pi. 17., Pi. col. 123. 



14. A. badius (Gmel.) Brown, 111. pi. 3. — Falco Brownii Shaw; 

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

 Sykes ; Ac. fringillarius Jerd. ; A. scutarius Hodgs. ; Nisus manil- 

 lensis Meyen, Nova Acta, 1834, Suppl. t. ix., Jerd. 111. Ind. Ornith. 

 pi. 4. 



15. A. sphenurus (Riipp.) Fauna Abyss, p. 42., Syst. Uebers. 



von Nord-Ost Afr. t. 2 Accipiter brachydactylus Swains.; Ac. 



polyzonoi'des A. Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool. Birds, pi. 11.; Astur 

 Ruppellii Kaup. 



16. A. gabar (Daud.) Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 33 Accipiter ery- 



throrhynchus Swains. : Falco Banksii Temm. ; Sparvius niger et 

 Sp. leucorrhous Vieill. PI. col. 122. 140., Gal. des Ois. t. 22., 

 Gould, Syn. B. of Austr. iii. pi. f. 1.; Type of Micronisus G. R. 

 Gray (1840). 



17. A. monogrammicus (Temm.) PI. col. 314., Swains. B. of W. 

 Afr. pi. 4. 



18. A. soloensis (Horsf.) Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 137. — Falco cu- 

 culo'ides Temm. PI. col. 110. 129- ; Type of Tachyspiza Kaup 

 (1844). 



19. A. Francesii A. Smith, Isis, 1847. p. 173. — Type of Scelo- 

 spiza Kaup (1847). 



20.? A. carbonarius Licht. Berl. Verz. 1842. p, 11. 



Poliornis 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, 



* Established by Dr. Kaup (Class, der Sailg. und Vog. p. 122.) in 1844. In the same year, Mr. Hodgson, in his List of Nepal Birds, 

 published this division under the name of Butastur. 



