ACCIPITPJNiE. 
concealed by the projecting hairs of the lores. Wings moderate; with the fourth and fifth quills nearly 
ef inal and longest. Tail long, ample, and nearly square at its end. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, 
covered in front with nearly obsolete scales. Toes more or less lengthened, and padded beneath the 
•l 0l nts ; the lateral ones unequal; and the inner and hind toes equal in length, and both with a strong 
curved claw. 
^ e blrds are found in various parts of the world, generally in the valleys and wooded districts. They are very 
great ^ e0US " Pbe ' r A'ght is low, sweeping over the ground with great rapidity ; and they pounce upon their prey with 
8oni . eXaCtUess w h‘le on the wing. Their food consists almost exclusively of birds, such as partridges and pigeons, and 
th e ! 1UleS of sma11 lizards, &c. The nest is built upon low trees, or in a bush, and is composed of slender sticks ; but 
a es sometimes occupy the deserted nests of other birds. They deposit from four to six eggs. 
Accipiter frinl; n L - } PaIL Z °°- r - 12 -> p >- enl. 467 . 412.- 
Gmel ■ a . anUS ^ n ' / > Nisus communis Cut >. ; Falco lacteui 
Eur. p] jg nis °similis Tick.; Ac. subtypicus Hodgs. Gould, B. o 
zonus Terni t^ au< k) Levaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 24. — Falco poly, 
faun An P,ess - Fr. d Orn. p. .58. ; F. unduliventris Rupp 
" n A Abyss.t.l8.f. 1 . jP L C0 , .377 .420. 
F «ko em T t'Z P, Sm i th ’ I1L Z ° 01 - S ‘ Afr - Bird8 ’ PL 9S - 
Abyss. t ] g ,. c) ' 1 ' e °h 49b. ; F. perspicillatus Rupp. Faun 
Ois. ,] e ] ’Am/ Mhl. 111. pi. is. — Accipiter striatus Vieill 
vanicus Wils 8ept ‘ t- > Nisus Malfini Less.; Falco pennsyl- 
pL 45. f j . j, mer '. F * rn ' Pk ^6- f. 1 • ; F. velox Wils. Amer. Orn 
F. dubius et p Par,dus ^neatus, S. striatus, et S. ardosaceus Vieill . : 
Ac ;fringmoides vCo\ ? 6 7 mexiCanUS : 
6. ? A /’r at "* f Pr ' Max ’l PL coL 205. Azara, No. 26. 
Stanley! ' AmhT ^ B ° nap ') Amer - Orn. P 1 - 10. f. 1. — Falcc 
Va riat Us Cun r ' B ‘ ° f Amer - P L 56. J F. Beskii Licht. ; Nisus 
No. 24 • c„ e . SS ’ Pr ‘ a ®rn. p. 6l., Azara, Voy. iii. t. 24., Azara, 
7. A.’ m !r ,U8gUttatUSetS - ^or Vieill. 
8 - a. tin/r^TatTr v r; s ' Afr- journ - (i83s - ) p - 8o - 
nainutus e t e v • ' valco superciliosus Linn. ? ; Sparvius 
9 . a . «»*;;?' ?:“!■ : r "‘ ° r k -”- < i8 «> 
10. A. l n T ( / I L) LevaiU - ° is - d ’Afr. t. 34. 
bid. Orn M *i Pe,niTI -) PI. col. 109. — Accipiter besra Jerd. 
Bhaio ? ■ Nj sus P ! ’ Falco minutus Linn. ? ; F. Brissonianus 
Ml. ?; n m ‘ n utus Less. ; Ac. affinis Hodgs. ; Ac. niso'ides 
Faun. Japon^t^9 Ster ^ Schl. ; N. gularis Temm. & ; Schl. 
P- 23.9. • > f . Delafonii H. Smith, Griff. An. Kingd. i. pi. 
11. A. cirrocephalus (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. x. p. 328. — 
Accipiter torquatus Vig. % Horsf. ; Sparvius tricolor Vieill. ; Nisus 
australis Less. ; Falco melanops Lath. ? Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 
19., PI. col. 43. 93 . ; Type of Urospiza Kaup (1847). 
12. A. cruentus (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 113., B. of Austr. 
i. pi. 18. 
13 A. approximans (Vig. & Horsf.) Linn. Trans, xv. p. 181. 
Astur radiatus et A. fasciatus Vig. $• Horsf. Gould, B. of Austr. i. 
pi. 17., PI- col. 123. 
14. A. hadius (Gmel.) Brown, 111. pi. 3. — Falco Brownii Shaw; 
F. Dussumieri Temm. PI. col. 308. 336 . ; Accipiter dukhunensis 
Sykes; Ac. fringillarius Jerd. ; A. scutarius Hodgs. ; Nisus manil- 
lensis Meyen, Nova Acta, 1834, Suppl. t. ix., Jerd. 111. Ind. Ornith. 
pi. 4. 
15. A. sphenurus (Rupp.) Fauna Abyss, p. 42., Syst. Uebers. 
von Nord-Ost Afr. t. 2 Accipiter brachydactylus Swains. ; Ac. 
polyzono'ides A. Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool. Birds, pi. ll.J Astur 
Riippellii Kaup. 
16. A. gabar (Daud.) Levaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 33.— Accipiter ery- 
throrhynchus Swains.; Falco Banksii Temm.; Sparvius niger et 
Sp. leucorrhous Vieill. PI. col. 122. 140., Gal. des Ois. t. 22., 
Gould, Syn. B. of Austr. iii. pi. f. 1.; Type of Micronisus G. R. 
Gray (1840). 
17- A. monogrammicus (Temm.) PI. col. 314., Swains. B. of W. 
Afr. pi. 4. 
18. A. soloensis (Horsf.) Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 137. — Falco cu ‘ 
culoi'des Temm. PI. col. 110. 129- ; Type of Taehyspiza Kaup 
(1844). 
19. A. Francesii A. Smith, Isis, 1847- p. 173. -Type of Scelo- 
spiza Kaup (1847 )• 
20. ? A. carbonarius Licht. Berl. Verz. 1842. p. 11. 
Poliornis Kaup * 
- m ° derate ’ broad at the base > and compressed towards the tip, which is acute and much hooked ; 
bolt T al marginS festooned 5 the base covered for less than half the length of the bill with a cere ; the 
s ri s large and suboval. Wings lengthened, with the third and fourth quills the longest. Tail long, 
I">bli 8 r Cd h S e d d . ' Dr ' Kaup (Class, der Saiig. und Vog. p. 122.) in 1844. In the same year, Mr. Hodgson, in his List of Nepal Birds, 
ision under the name of Butastur. 
