Mr. J. H . Gurney on a New Species of Hawk from China. 449 
The fourth primary is the longest, the third and fifth nearly 
equal (the third being slightly longer in B, and the fifth in A), 
the next in length is the sixth. 
In specimen A, the colouring of the plumage may be thus 
described :— 
All the upper parts are slate-coloured, with the exception of 
the pure white oval spots which in this, as in most other Spar¬ 
row-hawks, are apparent on the interior tertiary feathers when 
the plumage which overlaps them is partially removed. The 
colouring of the upper part of the head, of the nape, and of the 
shoulders is of a darker hue than that of the rest of the upper 
surface of the bird. 
The tail has four transverse bands of this darker colouring, 
which are very apparent, besides a fifth, which is much less 
distinct in its character, and which is also hidden by the upper 
tail-coverts; these bands extend over all the tail-feathers except 
the two outer ones, the bands on which are nine in number 
and narrower, as well as being much less distinct than those on 
the other feathers of the tail. 
The throat is of a pale yellowish white, with very narrow dark 
shaft-marks running down some of the feathers; the breast, 
abdomen, and thighs are fawn-coloured; the sides are of the 
same hue, but somewhat darker and brighter. The under side 
of the wings about the carpal joint is also tinged with fawn- 
colour, interspersed with dark transverse marks of slaty brown. 
The under tail-coverts are pure white. 
Mr. Fleming notes the irides of this individual as “ dark red,” 
and the cere and tarsi f< yellow.” Specimen B (which is appa¬ 
rently a slightly less adult bird) only differs from specimen A 
in having the abdomen and thighs marked with faint transverse 
bars of a darker fawn than the intervening plumage. 
The sex of these two specimens has unfortunately not been 
noted; but I conceive them to be males, the first, A, fully, and 
the second, B, nearly adult. 
The collection of the Norwich Museum also contains three 
skins whicli appear to me to be, in all probability, females of the 
same species: of these, specimen C is from China; but from 
what part of China I am unable to ascertain. Specimen D is 
