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1896, 104; lej Hartert, Kov, Zool. 1896, 177; (7) Blaaf., Paana Bi-. M, B. m, 
1895. 405. 
71. ?Teraspiza virgatus ( 1 ) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1875, , 
0 . ?Accipiter stephensoni ( 1 ) Kutter, J. f. 0. 1883, 294. , .i „„„ + 
Diagnosis. Tlie barring on the under parts of the female ° j i^ngi- 
.drile in the females of the .4. rtgatus group the chest is, on tb -hok, long 
tudinally marked and blotched, or nearly uniform in coloim, 
ban-ed breast and under parts; the ashy black line do.m the ^nd^lo f «ie white 
throat very narrow, in .1. vlrgaius much .ider and more strong J 
g77lari.s the foiu-th primary quill is considerably longer than the fifth, , ^ ^ 
onlj shghtly longer. (Grant a). Sharpe says A. g7dar7s has a shorter middle 
toe (c. 28 mm as against 30.5). • -vr 
BittribnSon. Siberia, and Mantchiiria (David 13]; Corea (Prince / J; ,q° 
China (David i 2. ele.); South China (Stya. I S. , n. De La d 
ncy j 1>, Sceh. m 3); Philippines? (Moyer .. ' 36 
i 3); Natnna Islands ^ ( s] ;‘ Borneo (Everett, 
M^llltXyot’ileT;"'?"); Nertl. (^ilebes (Biedel .n Petetuh, Mns,|; D,a,„pea 
(Everett, fide Hartert w 6 ], 
5. Accipiter virgatus rufotibialis (Sharpe). 
p. Accipiter rufotibialis Sharpe, Ibis 1887, 487; id ib. 1889, 68, pi. U; id,, ih, 1890, 274; 
Everett, .T, Str. Br. E. A. S. 1889, 181; Hose, Ibts 189J, 418. 
Diagnosis. Under tail-coverts uniform chestnut, thighs chestnut. 
Distribution. Mt. Kini Baht, Borneo (Whitehead,. 
Tte above subdivision of this troublesome and boiUy f 
based chiefly upon the eonclusions ef Gurney, and Grant, 
but it cau L), ,ve think, be regarded as a provrsrorral erre. In his e abo ate 
and careful article on H. virsaMs (I 3), Gurney distinguished “ ™ 
species, viz; the typical one, A. virgatus, a large racn n a pniii,,,,ines 
(A. afjinis subsp.) and a third, differing in coloration, from t e U 
(A, ZuUensis subsp.). Gurney distinguishes these from the typical fe.m 
“The larger form (afftm) chiefly diffeia, as regards 
typical A. virgatus (the range of which is ‘•nan “ bright nifons,” which 
races inhabit the most northerly par s o , ^ ^ virf/atits, being 
usually characterizes the under surface of ohl ^mri« 
replaced in those of the noithein lac y . subsp.) is re- 
“The nearly allied hawk of the Philippine £ doped 
markable for having the rufous aolourrng of breast in the 
m the adult female as in dso differs from A. virgatus in 
typical A. virgatus; and, in addi i ’ 
the somewhat browner and ' £ “ » .oo,ked.” 
gular stripe being, m some adult specimei , 
