so 



FALCONIDiE. 



in the middle of each feather, more or less covered : 

 the tail has three ashy bands above and four beneath, 

 and is tipped with w^hite : all the under parts and the 

 sides of the neck are reddish ; the former are unspotted, 

 and the latter, as v^ell as the sides, are longitudinally 

 dashed vy^ith brown. 



GENUS XX.— ACCIPITER Auctorum. SPARROWHAWK. 



Rostrum breve ; nares sub- 

 ovales. 



Tarsi elongati, glabri ; acro- 

 tarsia scutellata, sutura 

 vix decernenda. 



Beak short; nostrils some- 

 what oval. 



Tarsi elongated, ^glabrous; 

 acrotarsia scutellated, the 

 sutures scarcely visible. 



Sparvius ^«r5, Vieillot. — Ierax, Leach. — Nisus, Cuvier. 



Sp. 1. Ac. fringillarius. Ray, 



Falco nisus. Shavo, v. yii. p. 187 — Britain^ and other parts of 

 Europe. j 

 Sp. 2. Ac. torquatus. I 

 Ac. cinereus suhtus albus rufo transverse striatus, torque nucham 



rufos rem'i gibus rectricibusque Jusco fasciatis. I 

 Ash-coloured Sparrowhawk with the under parts white transl 



versely striped with rufous ; a red collar on the nape ; the quills" 



and tail-feathers banded with brown. 

 Falco torquatus. Cuvier, Temm. PL Col. 43 — 93. 



Inhabits the north of New Holland, Timor, &c. 

 Length about fifteen inches : top of the head, cheeks, 

 back, wings, and tail deep ash : on the lower part of 

 the nape is a broad half collar of red, more or less 

 bright, and varied with ashy according to age ; the 

 tail and the quills are rayed with numerous brown 

 bands, most distinct in young subjects : all the under 

 parts of the male are whitish, transversely striped 

 with narrow reddish bands, which are most distant 



