Mr. R. Swinhoe's Ornithological Notes made at Cliefoo. 431 
tail-tip; 1st quill 2^ long, 2nd 135 longer, 3rd '88 longer 
again, 4th 3 longer still, 5th *15 shorter than the last, which 
is the longest in the wing. Tail 4*5 long, laterals rather 
shorter than the centrals ; under tail-coverts 2*4 short of tail- 
tip. Tarse 1*6; middle toe 1*2, its claw *35; claws thick at 
base. Bill greyish-blue, black on the apical half. Cere, base 
of lower mandible and angle of bill, skin on upper orbit and 
round eye, greenish yellow. Iris crimson. Legs greyish- 
green on upper surface of tarse, greenish chrome-yellow on 
under surface. Feet chrome-yellow, greenish on edges of 
scales. Claws rich black. 
A younger male measured in length 10*4 ; wing 6“6; tail 
4*6. Bare tarse 1*6; middle toe 1*2; its claw *3. It was 
rather yellower on the toes than the last, and had the upper 
orbit dark grey; iris yellowish crimson. A little green 
marked the culmen of its bill and the angle of its mouth. 
The tarsus in both birds was scarcely broader than the hind 
and inner toes. 
The last bird got loose in my sitting-room and tore to pieces 
the skin of a Quail, thinking to find flesh within instead of 
cotton wool and preservative. 
I never saw this Hawk in my rambles in the country; and 
as the country-people carried only males, I almost despaired 
of getting a female. Here, again, Mr. Campbell, of the Light¬ 
house, came to my assistance. He sent me one or two speci¬ 
mens of the bird from his island, and at length on the 10th 
October an immature female. In this the iris was plain 
yellow, and the upper surface of the legs and feet greyish-green, 
the under surface being yellowish, the claws black, brownish 
at their bases. The upper plumage is brown, darker on the 
head, and lighter on the tail, the feathers edged with brown¬ 
ish chestnut, the tail tipped with brownish white, and banded 
with four broad brown bars, the basal one of which is hidden 
by the upper tail-coverts. Its under parts are white washed 
in parts with greyish cream-colour. A central line of long 
black drops marks the chin to the breast, where the drops get 
larger and more extended. The axillaries are more decided 
cream-colour, with blackish-brown spots; the under quills 
