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than the hind toe and claw, plum vl tall . 
the knees ; the scales irregularly hexagonal. } 
toe very long, exceeding the tarsus, even w ithe 
including its claw ; lateral toes nearly equal, the « 
ternal shortest ; external and posterior toes equa 
Bble.of ‘the foot very broad, flattened, and wi my 
pads ; all the toes free. Tail broad, moderate, even 
Claws slender, moderate. ‘ 
A. cuculoides. West. Af. 1. pl. 1. 
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Susram. ACCIPITRINA. Hawks. 
Bill short, suddenly curved from the base; the upper 
mandible armed in the middle of the margin with ¢ 
large, obtuse, rounded tooth, or festoon; under man- 
dible truncate at the tip ; cere moderate. Feet mode- 
rate; tarsi in general smooth, naked. Middle toe 
lengthened ; hinder not much shorter than the inner, 
Anterior claws very unequal, the inner being almost 
_ twice the size of the outer, and nearly as strong as the — 
hinder. Head small. Wings short ; the quills inter . 
nally emarginate at their base. Tail “rounded. | 
Terria, Vieillot. Bill small, thick ; a small, “ne 
toothlike festoon towards the end. 
of the cutting margin of the upper 
mandible ; cere small. Nostrils 
round. Feet very short. Tarsi 
not much longer than the hind toe 7 
and claw: anterior scales large, transverse ; lateral 
and posterior scales sub-hexagonal, the latter ver’ 
minute. Base of the tarsi and toes covered with 
very small reticulate scales. Toes short, strong 
broad, lateral, unequal, the inner and hinder almost 
of the same length. Wings very long; the third and 
fourth quills the longest. Tail short, even. ( fig. 194.) 
I ophiophaga. Wil. 25.1. plumbea. Vieil. Am. pl. 10, 
Acciriter, Willughby. Sparrow Hawks. Size small. 
Form slender. Nostrils oval, oblique. Bill much — 
compressed ; the festoon in the middle of the cutting 
