BLACK-CHINNED GOSHAWK. 117 
wing is closed ; the greater quills, externally, are 
uniform black, but on tbeir inner surface they ap- 
pear white, crossed with black pointed bars, of 
which fire or six are on the first quill ; inner wing- 
covers, pure white. Tail slightly rounded and deep 
black, with a white bar about an inch and a half 
from the tip, and another close to the base. The 
under plumage from the breast to the belly, includ- 
ing the thighs, is most elegantly banded with slender 
grey-brown lines upon a dusky-white ground ; the 
space between each hand is nearly double the width 
of the hand itself, and there are about ten of these 
hands on each feather. The base and cere of the 
hill is rich orange-red, the rest bluish-black ; the 
legs bright yellow, and the claws black ; the vent 
and under tail-covers dirty-white, and unspotted. 
We have seen several specimens perfectly alike 
in plumage, hut differing materially in size ; the 
smaller ones being no doubt of the male sex. The 
ordinary dimensions of the female are as follows : — 
Total length about 13 J inches ; bill, from the gape, 
1 ; wings, 9 ; tail (beyond), 3 ; from the base, fit ; 
tarsus, 2 i 1 5 ; middle toe (without the claw), ljV 
