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RAPACES. 

 Famihj FALCONID^. 

 Sub-genus MiCROiS-isus. . 



CALCUTTA SPAEEOW-HAWK. 



Falco hadius. 



Micronisus hadius, 

 Falco hadius, 

 " dussumierii, 



Hodgson. Blyth. Bonapaetb. 



Gmelin. 



Temminck; Nee Jerdou vel 



Sykes. 

 Geay. 

 Hodgson. 

 Hodgson. 



Accipiter hadius, 

 " scutarius, 



" fringillaroides, 

 Brotois SawJc, 



Calcutta Sfarrmo-ILawlc, 

 and CMppuch Falcon, Latham. 



Shihra (female,) ChippucTc (male,) Of Hindostan. 

 Katliia (female,) Tmma, (male,) Of jS"epal. 



Specific Characters.- — Upper plumage dark reddish brown to 

 pale ash grey, according to age ; below grey white, thickly barred 

 transversely in both sexes with ferruginous. Length of male 

 eleven inches and three quarters ; carpus to tip seven inches and 

 a fifth ; tarsus two inches. Length of female thirteen inches and 

 two fifths ; carpus to tip eight inches ; tarsus two inches in the 

 dry skin. 



