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especially on the more elevated parts of the country. 
They are by no means shy — perhaps from the height and 
position of their perches where they are generally secure 
from molestation. They are very active on the wing, and 
exercise a kind of terrorising influence over the smaller 
and even many larger birds. 
In the second species, the little barred sparrow-hawk 
(Accipiter tinus), which attains a length of from 9-1 1 
inches, the colour of the upper surface is of a more 
reddish brown than in the preceding when young, while 
the adult is greyer. The under surface is of a prevailing 
yellowish brown or white, barred with reddish or greyish 
brown according to age, the bars being very fine in old 
examples. On the paler unbarred throat, the dark 
shafts of the feathers stand out almost as in the preced- 
ing form. This species also does not seem to occur 
commonly on the coast, preferring the higher and less 
frequented parts of the interior. This is the first record 
of the species from the colony. 
The next species to be described is the blue sparrow- 
hawk (Geranospizias gracilis), of about 16-20 inches in 
length according to sex, and distinguishable not only by 
its colour, but by many other characters. The legs are 
very long, and seem much longer in comparison with 
other forms, owing to the feathers on the upper part 
(tibia) being very short and close, so that the limbs 
stand out from the body. The toes are short, the 
outer toe particularly, and this latter is furnished with 
a markedly short and small claw. The colour of the 
species above and below is a rich slaty-blue, paler in the 
young specimens, in which the under surface is banded 
with white disappearing with age, except on the thighs 
