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rieures, h partir de Ja poitrine, ornees des taches nombreuses, 
soit orbiculaires, soit transversales, d'un brun ferrugineux.” Sir 
W. Jardine, however, could not distinguish some Bermudan spe¬ 
cimens from C. cyaneus of Europe. (Vide Contr. Orn.) Neither 
does Mr. G. R. Gray regard the N. American Harrier as distinct 
from C. cyaneus , in his Brit. Mus. Cat. of Accipitres of 1848. 
41. C. swainsonii, A. Smith (Gould's B. E. pi. 34). 
Syn. C.pallidus, Sykes. C. albescens et Falco cyaneus , var. a, 
Lesson. C. dalmaticus, RiippelL Falco aquifer , Cuvier, MS. 
F. herbcecola, Tickell. 
Hab . S.E. Europe, Asia, and Africa: common in India as a 
winter visitant. 
42. C. cinerascens (Gould's B. E. pi. 35). 
Syn. Falco cinerascens et cineraceus, Montag. F. montagui, 
Vieillot. C. cinerascens v. pallidus et C. nipalensis , Hodgson. 
Hab. Europe, Asia, and Africa : all India, with Ceylon; com¬ 
mon as a winter visitant. 
43. C. melanoleucus (Lev. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 32; Pennant's 
Indian Zoology, pi. 2). 
Syn. Falco melanoleucus , Pennant. 
Hab. India generally, with Ceylon; and Indo-Chinese coun¬ 
tries : common as a winter visitant; but not mentioned by Pallas 
in his Zoology of Russian Asia ! Afghanistan. 
Obs. In this species the sexes are alike; and the young would 
appear not to differ in plumage*. 
Subfam. Accipitrinas (Hawks). 
Genus Accipiter, Ray. 
44. Acc. nisus. (PI. Enl. 467, 412; Gould's B. E. pi. 18.) 
Syn. Falco nisus, L. F. lacteus, Gmelin. F. nisosimilis, 
Tickell, J. A. S. ii, p.571 +. Acc.fringillarius, Ray. A.dussumieri , 
* What is the Circus, No. 34 of Horsfield’s Bird Catalogue, from China 
and also Afghanistan ? 
t Thejate Prince of Canino considered this to be distinct (Comptes 
Rendus, xli. (1855) p. 652 )'“ Aux nombreuses races de vrais Accipiter 
