A S T U R MELANOLEUC US.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate XVIII. (Female and Young Male.) 
A. capite, collo, lmmeris, pectore, abdomineque nigro-brunneis ; dorso brunneo; remigibus primariis, 
secundariis quo brunneis, pogoniis intemis albo-fasciatis ; cauda supra brunnea, grisea-tincta et fasciis 
quinque nigro-brnnneis notata ; rostro brunneo, flavo maculato ; pedibus viridi-flavis ; unguibus 
brunneis. 
Longitudo 21 une. 
Accipiter melanoleucits, Smith, South African Quarterly Journal, Vol. I., page 229, June, 1 830. 
Colour. — Head, neck, and shoulders blackish brown ; back and quill fea- 
thers dull umber-brown, the inner vanes of the latter crossed with many broad 
white bars ; breast, belly, and thighs liver brown ; upper surface of tail brown, 
with a gray tinge ; lower surface white ; and both marked by five transverse 
broad dark brown bands, the one near the points of the feathers widest; 
eyes yellow ; bill rich brown ; festoon of upper and base of lower mandible 
yellow ; cere yellow, with a greenish tinge ; legs and toes greenish yellow ; 
claws brown. 
Form, &c. Typical : figure robust ; bill short and stout ; culmen curved 
fiom the base; festoon well developed; legs very strong; outer and inner 
toes of moderate length; middle toe very long; tarsi shielded before and 
behind, and on the sides coated with small oval scales ; claws very long, mode- 
lately curved and pointed ; hinder and outer toes of the same length ; wings, 
when folded, reach over the first two-thirds of the tail ; the fourth and fifth 
quill feathers equal and longest ; the first about two-thirds the length of the 
fourth ; the third slightly, shorter than the fourth ; the second about an 
inch shorter than the third ; tail long, its tip slightly rounded. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the tip of the hill to the 
end of the tail 21 0 
of the bill from the angle of the 
mouth 1 C 
of the wings when folded 12 9 
of the tail 9 6 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of the tarsus 3 0 
of the middle toe* 1 \ 
of the inner toe 1 ] j 
of the hinder toe 1 0 
* When it is not added that the claw is included, it is always to be understood that the measurement 
applies to the toe without the claw. 
