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SENEGAL SPARROW-HAWK. 
of the body. The ground colour of the tail is 
grey above and dull white beneath ; the middle 
feathers are not marked, but the lateral have seven 
black bars, that at the tip being hardly broader than 
the others ; the outer feather has eleven, which are 
paler and narrower. The cere and feet are fine 
yellow. The tail is rounded, and the wings reach 
to half its length ; the second quill is a little longer 
than the sixth, — the third, fourth, and fifth quills 
are nearly of the same length; the fourth barely 
exceeding the tw T o others. 
Total length, ll j- inches ; hill, from the gape, ^ ; 
wings, 7 ; tails (beyond the wings), 3 ; from the 
base, 6 ; tarsus, 1 T 7 5 . 
The female differs materially in size and some- 
what in colour from the male. The upper parts are 
greyish-brown ; the ears and sides of the head are 
striped, but the space between the bill and eye is 
entirely white ; the chin is also white, and has the 
central stripe darker and more lengthened ; the 
transverse bands on the breast ascend higher up on 
the neck, and they are broader and more close to- 
gether ; there are five of these bands upon each of 
the breast-feathers. The two middle tail-feathers 
are without any bars ; the three next (on each side) 
have six, broad and black ; while the two outermost 
have nine, paler and narrower, and which do not 
extend across to the outer web ; the band nearest 
the tips is broadest, and the terminal margin in 
both sexes is white. The black bands upon the 
inner shaft of the quills, which in the male are 
