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the type specimen of which is under glass shade, No. 
19, was found by Mr. Gurney amongst some skins 
from the late Sir William Jardine’s collection. It was 
figured in the /ézs for 1887, Plate III., and remains 
unique. Next follows the large genus Accipzter, con- 
taining some thirty species, scattered over the four 
quarters of the world and many of the oceanic 
islands. ‘They are “all more or less closely related to 
our well-known Sparrow-hawk,” says Mr. Gurney, 
““which, however, is itself a bird of extended geo- 
graphical range, being found as far eastward as 
Japan.” ‘There are in the collection some very rare 
species belonging to this genus, a beautiful little 
Sparrow-hawk, found in China and Japan, known as 
Stevenson’s Hawk, is now more generally recognised 
by its older name of A. gu/aris. Of this bird we havea 
fine series. ‘The British Sparrow-hawk is also in this 
case, specimens of which are shown from widely 
distant localities. ‘The whole of 
Case XXXVI. 
is devoted to birds of this genus, amongst which 
should be noticed A. minul/us from Damara Land, 
A. harilaubt (type specimen) from Bissao, West 
Africa, A. rufotibialis, and many others. The first 
three shelves in 
Case XXXVII. 
also contain some rare Sparrow-hawks, notably a fine 
series of A. melanoleucus from Natal, in all stages of 
plumage. Several of the specimens in this genus 
have been figured either in the /ézs or in Sclater and 
Salvin’s Lxotic Ornithology. On the bottom shelf of 
this case are a fine series of birds of the genus 
Scelospiztas, including S. pusil/us (Gurney), figured 
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