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Accipitcr hvempcs (Zool. Roc. i. p. 07, ii. p. 03) breoJing in Turkey, W. 
Schliitor, Zool. Garten, 1800, pp. 374-370. In Asia Minor : T. Kriipor, 
J. f. 0. 1800, pp. 2o-28. 
Accipitcr f/ahar, as well as A. hadiiis (Zool. Rec. iv'. p. 82), is said to occur 
on the Bosphorus. A. Alh5on & J. Vian, R. Z. 1800, p. 403. [Qu. A. hre- 
vipes? sed cf. Ibis, 1870, p. 76.] 
Accipitcr melnnoschistiis is described as a new species from India, distin- 
guished from A. nisus by the very dark head and nape, the olive slate-colour 
of the rest of the upper surface, the peculiarly close markings on the lower 
parts, and its somewhat larger size. A. Hume, Ibis, 1800, p. 350 ; Id. Scrap 
Book, pp. 128-132. 
Accipitcr nigroplumheus is described as a new species from Ecuador, in size 
resembling A. vcntralis (Zool. Rec. iii. p. 73, iv. p. 82), but very dillerent in 
colouring beneath, the sides and thighs being of a clear rufous, the breast 
paler and duller with whitish cross-markings, and under tail-coverts nearly 
white. G. N. Lawrence, Ann. N. II. New York, 1800, pp. 270, 271. 
Accipitcr hicolor ( c? and $ ) and A. guttatus are figured, a list of the seven 
species forming the group Coopcrastur being added. P. L. Sclater & 0. Sal- 
vin. Ex. Orn. pp. 137, 138, 100, 170, pis. Ixix., Ixxxv. 
Sclater, P. L., & Salvin, O. Notes on the Species of the Genus 
Asturina. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, pp. 129-134. 
A monograph worked out with the authors’ accustomed skill. Seven species 
are established and diagnostically grouped : (1) A. nitida and A. plagiata^ 
(2) A. magnirostris, A. nattereri^ A. rujicauda and A.gularis, and (3) A. leu- 
corrhoa, which stands alone. The synonymy and geographical range of all 
these is fully given j and one species, 
A. rvjicm(d(i, from IMoxico and Central America, is dillerontiatcd from A, 
magnirostris, with which it had hitherto been confounded. 
Asturina polionota is a new species from Costa Rica and Mexico having 
the grey of the upper parts darker and more whole-coloured than in A. ni- 
tida ; and on the head, neck, and back the pale cross-bands are entirely want- 
ing. ,J. Cabanis, J. f. O. 18G9, p. 208. 
Asturina natter cri (ut supra), A. rujicauda (ut supra), and 
A. p>lagiata, the adult and young of each, are figured and a diagnostic list of 
the seven species of the genus given. P. L. Sclater & O. Salvin, Ex. Orn. 
pp. 173-180, pis. Ixxxvii.-xc. 
Sclater, P. L., & Salvin, O. Notes on the Species of the 
Genus Micrastur , Proc. Zool. Soc. 18G9, pp. 364-369. 
A monograph similar to that on Asturina (ut supra) ; and, as in that, seven 
species are established and a sufficient diagnosis of each gKen. They are 
grouped first according to size, BL sanitorquatus and M. mirandoUii being 
separated from the rest, which are further separated into those with a rufous 
back (df. rujicollis and BI. zonothorax) and those with the same part ash- 
coloured (il/. gilvicollis, BI. leucauchen and BI. guerilla). 
llarpogus fasciatus is described as a new species from Guatemala, differing 
entirely from II. bidendafus and II. diodon in the broad transverse markings 
beneath. G. N. Lawrence, Proc. Ac. N. S. Philad. 1808 (not published till 
1869), pp. 301, 302. 
Bltlierax poliopterns is a new species from the river Umba in East Africa, 
