°rderl. ACCIP1TRES. 
Family T. Falconidje. 
Oie sixth Subfamily, 
ACCIPITRINiE, or Sparrowhawks, 
have tlie Bill short, much arched from the base to the tip, -which is acute ; the sides compressed ; and the 
lateral margins greatly festooned : the Wings generally long : the Tail ample : the Tarsi lengthened, and 
shielded in front : the Toes of various lengths, and generally slender ; and the Claws long and very acute. 
Astur Lacep .* 
Bdl sllort > broad at the base, and with the sides gradually compressed to the tip ; the culmen elevated, 
' lriUc h arched to the tip, which is acute, and the lateral margins festooned in the middle ; the nostrils 
b e > suboval, and placed in the basal cere. Wings long, reaching to the middle of the tail ; with the 
rd, fourth, and fifth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail long and broad. Tarsi rather longer than 
j middle toe ; the anterior and posterior sides covered with broad transverse scales. Toes more 01 less 
en gthened, strong, and padded beneath each joint; the lateral toes unequal; the inner and hind ones 
1 1 y long and strong, and armed with long, strong, curved claws. 
seen 1 ’ 07 *** f ° UncI Scattered throughout the world, and are generally observed in wooded districts, but are sometimes 
of ten ? 1 ! l ° lmtaln0Ua countries. Their flight is very rapid ; and they always strike their prey while on the wing. T ey 
as n Ulk ab ° Ut P° ultr y-yards, destroying the stock contained in them. Wild ducks and others of the feathered tribe, 
the r hareS and ra bbits, form their principal food. The nests of these birds are generally placed on lofty trees, and 
6 femalG la ^ from two to four eggs. 
( Linn -) Bechst PI. enl. 418. 
Godd.- A *■' . P " enl ‘ 461 ■ 42 3.; F. gentilis Linn. , 
17.; A s ti>r Clpl .v r aStUr PalL Zoo S r ' t- 11., Gould, B. of Eur. i. pi. 
2 ; ^ stur gallinarum Brehm. 
Temm pi (tV il s .) Amer. Orn. pi. 52. f. 3. — Falco regalis 
Birds ni o/j T J ’ ^® da Bon pictum Less, Fauna Bor. Amer. 
3. A ’ • ranl - and Sriby, 111. Orn. pi. 121. 
Smithii A- au °j eucus A - Smith, IR. S. Afr. Zool. pi. 18. — Astur 
4 A.' 7' 8iS> 1847 ‘ P- 
121 I ami ^ (^ath.) G. R. Gray, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. pi. 
1 38 - <=«">•'. B. f A J„. P l 
5. a V ' a ' * Horsf ‘ 
P. Harrissii ^'d ^ ^ emm d Pi- c °l- 313. — Falco anthracinus/.ic/it.,- 
7’mhudi • T U f' ^ 0p Amer - pl. 392. ; Polyhorus tceniurus 
6 . a. ’ , ype , ° f ®P' za 8 el 'anus Kuup (1845). 
l'l. 1 p alc ’^ ^ landial ( G mel.) Cuv. Jard. and Selby, 111. Orn. 
us Shaw ; Sparvius niveus Vieill . ; Dsedalion can- 
while i n de ^Inst.) in 1800 or 1801. In 1809 Savigny proposed Dadalion; in 1 -81b V'" 11 ^ used 
!t embraces At' , aUP haS formed two divisions, viz. Leucospim et Lophospiza, which I consider to be coequal with the one empl y . 
Asinrma of Vieillot (1816), Rupornis (1844) and Spizageranus (1845) of Dr. Kaup. 
Falco galli- 
F. albescens 
didum Less.; F. leucaetos ForsL; Astur Rayii Vig. Si Hors/.; F. clarus 
Lath. Lamb, Icon. ined. 11. 5.; Type of Leucospiza Kaup (1844). 
7. A. trivirgatus (Temm.) Cuv. Pl. col. 303.— Astur cristatus 
G. R. Gray ; A. palumbarius Jerd. ; A. indicus Hodgs. ; Spizaetus 
rufistinctus M‘Clell. ; Type of Lophospiza Kaup (1844). 
8. A. nitidus (Lath.) D'Orb. & Lafr.— Asturina cinerea Vieill. 
Gal. des Ois. t. 20.; Falco striolata Temm. Pl. col. 87. 294.; Type 
of Asturina Vieill. (181 6). 
9. A. poliogaster (Temm.) Cuv. Pl. col. 264. 2 9o- lsus 
pileatus Tschudi. 
10. A. leucorrhous (Quoy & Gaim.) G. R. Gray, Voy. de 1 Ura- 
nle li A.' magnirostris (Gmel.) G. R. Gray.-Falco insectivorus 
Spix, Av. Bras. t. 8 a., PL col. 86., Pl. enl. 464.; Type of Ruporms 
Kaup (1844). 
12. A. longicaudus (Garn.) Voy. de la Coqu. t. 10. 
13. A. albifrons Kaup, Isis, 1847- P- 200. t. . f. 
