ACCIPITER NIGER. 



Fig. 1. 



Acc. toto corpore, fuscescenti-nigro ; primariis ad basin albis, brunneis versus apicem, nigroque fascia- 

 ls ; secondariis nigrescenti-cinereis, fusco fascialis ; caudd nigra, fasciis quatuor griscescenti- 

 brunneis ornatd ; rostro obscure corneo ; tarsis flavis. 



Long. tot. 13 unc; rostri, — ; aim, 8 ; cauda, 6^ ; tarsi, 2. 



All the body uniform brownish black ; primaries white at the base, passing into light brown towards 

 the tip, each feather crossed by bars of black, which are three-quarters of an inch apart ; secondaries 

 blackish grey, crossed by bars of a darker colour ; tail black, crossed by four distinct bands of greyish 

 brown, which are much lighter on the under surface ; bill blackish horn colour ; tarsi yellow. 



Syn. Sparvius niger, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. torn. i. p. 52, pi. 22. — lb. Tabl. Ency. et Meth., 3ieme 

 partie, p. 1269. 



Remark. In the Collection of the British Museum there are two specimens of this bird, which an- 

 swer to Vieillot's description of his Sparvius niger, and which are said to have been received from 

 Australia ; but as M. Vieillot states that his species is from Senegal, I give it with a mark of doubt 

 as to its being an inhabitant of Australia. 



Habitat. Australia? 



ACCIPITER TORQUATUS, Vig. # Horsf. 

 Fig. 2. 



Acc. capite, corpore supra, alis, cauddque intense fuscescenti-griseis ; hdc obscure fusco fasciatd ; nucha 

 obscure fascia rufescenti notatd ; guld, corpore subtus, femoribusque rufescentibus, fasciis angustis 

 albis crebre ornatis; alis cauddque subtus fusco fasciatis; rostro fuscescenti-corneo ; pedibus flavis ; 

 unguibus nigris. 



Mas. Long. tot. 12 unc. ; rostri, j; alee, 8 ; cauda, 6 ; tarsi, c l\. 

 Fcem. , 14| — ; , % ; — , 9± ; , 7£ ; , 2|. 



Head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail deep brownish grey, the tail indistinctly barred with 

 deep brown ; on the back of the neck an obscure collar of reddish brown ; throat, the under surface 

 and thighs rufous, crossed by numerous narrow bars of white, the red predominating on the thighs ; 

 under surface of the wings and tail grey, distinctly barred with dark brown, which is deepest on the 

 former ; bill dark horn colour ; feet yellow ; claws black. 



Syn. Falco torquatus, Cuv. — Temm. PI. Col., 43 adult, 93 young. 



Accipiter torquatus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 182. — Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. 

 xiii. p. 30, pi. 33. 



Habitat. 



