ACCIPITER NIGER. 
Fig. 1. 
Acc. toto corpore, fuscescenti-nigro ; primariis ad basin alhis, brunneis versus apicem, nigroqtie fascia- 
tis ; secondariis nigrescenti-cinereis, fusco fasciatis ; caudd nigra, fasciis quatuor griscescenti- 
brunneis ornatd ; rostro obscure corneo ; tarsis Jlavis. 
Long. tot. 13 unc; rostri, — ; ala, 8 ; caudcB, 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. 
Syk. Sparvius niger, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. tom. i. p. 52, pi. 22. — lb. Tabl. Ency. et Meth., Sieme 
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. 8s Horsf. 
Fig. 2. 
Acc. capite, corpore supra, alis, cauddque intense fuscescenti-griseis ; hdc obscure fusco fasciatd ; 7iuchd 
obscure fascia nfescenti notatd ; guld, corpore subtiis, femoribusque rufescentibus, fasciis a?igustis 
albis crebre ornatis ; alis cauddque subtus fusco fasciatis ; rostro fuscescenti-corneo ; pedibus Jiavis ; 
unguibus nigris. 
Mas. Long. tot. 12 unc. ; rostri, | ; alee, 8 ; caudce, 6 ; tarsi, 2^. 
F(EM. , 14| — ; , I ; — , 9i ; , 1\; , %. 
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. 
