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large head and bill in proportion to its size. The under parts are charac- 
terized by cross bands of a deep red tint. It belongs to the group which 
contains Accipiter tinusj A. minulliiSj and A. erythropus, [Qii. distinct from 
A. madagascariensis?'] H. Schlegel, N. T. D. 1865, pp. 80, 81. 
Askir hrevvpeSj Severzow (Bull. Soc. Imper. Moscou, 1850, ii. pp. 234- 
239), has b^en identified as the species found breeding at Smyrna by Dr. 
Kriiper (Zool. Record, i. p. 67), and by him referred to Accipiter badius. It is 
also the A. spheiiurus of Mr. Tristram’s Report on the Birds of Palestine ” 
(P. Z. S. 1864, p. 429), and identical with the A. gurneyi of Dr. Bree (B. 
Eur. iv. p. 390), P. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1865, pp. 341, 342. 
Accipiter nisus, c? adult, and 
Astur palumharius, adult, are figured, W. Brodrick, Falconer’s Favourites, 
pis. ii., iii. 
Accipiter cliilensis is announced as a new species, but it may be the A. 
erytlironemia [lego erythrocnemius], G. R. Gray,” first characterized by Dr. 
Kaup (Isis, 1847, p. 954 j Conirib. Orn. 1850, p. 64). Very full descriptions of 
both old and young are given, but no diagnosis whereby the reader may be 
assisted in forming an opinion of his own. R. A. Philippi and L. Landbeck, 
Ann. Univers. Chile, Apr. 1864 j Arch. f. Naturgesch. 1864, i. pp. 41-47. 
Accipiter cequatorialis is described as a new species from Batchian and other 
localities in the Malayan Archipelago, larger than A. rujitorques and with 
different proportions and colours. It is smaller than A, griseogularisj and 
wants the bands that species has on the body, wings, and tail. A. R. Wal- 
lace, P. Z. S. 1865, pp. 474, 475. 
Accipiter muellcri is a now species from Gilolo, very like A. hiogasterf but 
much larger, the throat less distinctly rufous, the under patts faintly banded 
with white, and having other points of difference. Idem, op. cit. p. 476* 
Accipiter virgatus (Temm.), a specimen from Formosa described. R. 
Swinhoe, Ibis, 1865, pp. 108, 109. 
Accipiter gulark and A. trivirgatus occur in Formosa. J. H. Gurney, Ibis, 
1865, pp, 236, 547. 
3Iicrastur concentricus (Illig.), M, gihicoUis (Vieill.), and M. macrorhynchus 
are carefully described. The last is a species discovered by Natterer in 
Brazil, but which has hitherto remained undescribed. A. v. Pelzeln, Reise 
Novara, Vogel, pp. 8-12. ' 
CircKs (cruginosuSf C. cyaneuSy and C. cineracetis. Further observations in 
continuation of those noticed before (Zool. Record, i. p. 67). J. P. v. W. 
Crommelin, N. T. D. 1865, pp. 237, 238. 
Circus wol/l is described and figured as a new species from New Caledonia, 
very similar to C. maillardi from the Comoros and Reunion, but differing in 
many minor characters. J. II. Gurney, P. Z. S. 1866, pp. 823, 824. 
Strigidje. 
Altum, B. DieNalmingunserer Waldohreule. Journ. fiir Orii. 
1864, pp. 429-434. 
This article is in continuation of others by the author (J. f. 0. 1863, pp. 
41-46, and Ber. xiv. Versamml. D. 0. G. pp. 30-34) ; and all show, by the 
best of all i>roofs, an examination of the pellets of bones, fur, and feathers 
