MONOGRAPH OF THE FALCONIDA. 

stripe; tail with the base and band before the tip white; with littl 
scales on the tarsus and toes. W. Africa. 
3, A. riippellii, Kp.; Nisus sphenurus, Riipp., Syt. ueb. tii. 
6 ad.; Accipiter brachydactylus, Swains. W. Afr. Birds, p. 118; 
Ace. polyzonoides, A. Smith, Ill. of S. Af. Africa. 
4, A. gabar, Kp., Vaill. xxxiii.; Sparvius niger, Vieill., Gal. 
pl. 22, var nigra; F. banksii, Temm.; Ace. erythrorhyncha, 8¥. 
W. Afr. Birds, p. 121.—Cinereous ; paler on the chin, throat, aul 
breast ; body, thighs, and inner wing-covers, white, with numerois 
blackish bands; upper tail-covers white. It has in the plumage 
anologies with F. musicus (meliérax). Afviea. 
5. A. badius, Kp.; F. badius, Gmel.; 7. dussumieri, Tenn. 
pl. col, 308, 336; F. manilensis, Mey.— Tarsus 48-57 mm. long; 
beneath with numerous rufous bands. Asia. ‘ 
ce. Subgenus Melitrax, G. Gray.—The middle toe without clavs, 
the third the length of the tarsus. The Accipitrine type. It shows 
analogies with Geranopus. 
6. A. musicus, Kp.; F. musicus, Vaill. 2 f. Nisus polyzonus, 
Riipp. Fauna Abys. t. xy. 1, $.— Tarsus 76-108 mm. long; middle 
toe 37-48 mm. long. Africa. 
d. Subgenus Astur, Bechst.— The secondaries cover near } of 
the quills ; middle toe a little longer than the scaled part of tarsus. 
All the species large and robust. The Aguiline type. 
7. A. testaceus, Kp.; F. testaceus, var. ¢. Lath. ; radiatus, 
Lath., Gould, Birds of Austr. xiii. 2; Haliattus colei, Vig. and 
Horsf., Lim. Tr. xv. 186.— Middle toe 55-69 mm. long ; black 
brown, with rufous marginated feathers. Asia, Australia. 
8. A. smithii, Kp.; Ace. melanoleucus, A. Smith, Ill. of S. Af. 
Zool: 18; Astur melanoleucus, Herz, Paul. y. Wurtemb. — Black 
and white. Africa. 
9. A. palumbarius, Bechst.; 7. palumbarius, Limn.; pl. eal. 
1408, Nauni. 17,18. The adult bird, beneath, with numerous black 
bands. Europe, Asia, Africa. 
9, A. atricapillus; BP. atricapillus, Wils. vi. 52, 3; regalis, 
ine pl. col. 495.—A little larger than the Enropean A. palum- 
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Kairie ‘Aud ¥ The little ao: conte Pl Soi sas 
2 = e feathers of the wings, the inferior wing- 
ers and the tibial feathers, rufous, America. A 
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