436 Notes on Mr. R. B. Sharpe’s Catalogue of Accipitres. 
most probably belong to tbe Hawk-Eagles, judging from the 
description of them contributed in November 1875 by Count 
T. Salvadori to the seventh volume of the f Annali del Mus. 
Civ. di St. Nat. di Genova.’ 
As but few English ornithologists possess the work con¬ 
taining these descriptions, it may not be improper here to 
reproduce them :— 
“ Gen. nov. Harpy opsis : genus novum ex subfamilia Acci- 
pitrinarum, rostro robustissimo, valde alto et adunco; naribus 
oblongis, verticalibus; loris et regione circumocu lari fere 
nudis, rare pilosis; alis brevissimis, valde rotundatis, remigibus 
primariis paulo longioribus quam secundariis; cauda longis- 
sima, rotundata; tarsis mediocribus, robustis, scutis latis trans- 
versis anticeet postice obtectis, tertio superiore antice plumosis; 
digitis mediocribus, externo paulo longiore quam interno, 
medio longiusculo; unguibus permagnis, validissimis, inferne 
sulcatis; plumis cervicis copiosis, longiusculis, latis, apice 
rotundatis. 
“ H. novae-guineas. Supra fusco-brunnea, plumarum limbo 
apicali albido; subtus sordide alba, jugulo et pectore summo 
sordid6 griseo-tinctis; alis supra dorso concoloribus; remigibus 
fusco-brunneis, fasciis transversis latis obscurioribus,sed parum 
conspicuis notatis, fascia apicali latiore, pogonio interno re- 
migum albo-marmorato, remigibus subtus magna ex parte 
albo- et griseo-marmoratis, parte apicali grisea fusco trans- 
fasciata, apice ipso late fusco; cauda supra dorso concolore, 
fasciis sex obscurioribus undulatis parum conspicuis notata, 
fascia apicali latiore, limbo apicali rectricum albido; cauda 
subtus grisea, albido marmorata, fasciis tribus tantum fuscis 
notata, fascia apicali latiore, rectricibus raehidibus supra 
fuscis, subtus partim albis, partim fuscis; rostro plumbeo fere 
nigro, pedibus griseis, iride obscure flava. 
Long. tot. 0 m, 870, al. 0 m, 480, caud. 0 m *410, rostri culm. 
Q ra *058, rostri hiat. 0 m, 058, rostri alt. 0 m, 036, tarsi 0 m, 144, 
digiti med. cum ungue 0 m *094, ung. post. 0 m, 045. 
“ Megatriorchis, gen. nov. Megatriorchis novum genus ex 
subfamilia Accipitrinarum, alis brevissimis, remigibus prima¬ 
riis paulo brevioribus quam secundariis; cauda longissima. 
