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Show 304 MR. P. L. SCLATER O N A N E W SPECIES O F ACCIPITER. [May 8, guttatus, Vieill.," and " Nisus variatus, Cuv.," Less., in the Museum, appears to be a )Toung bird of this species, for which, however, it is more prudent to retain the better-known name imposed upon it by Mr. Gray. 3. ACCIPITER VENTRALIS, sp. nov. Hab. Interior of New Granada. 4. ACCIPITER TINUS. Falco tinus, Latham. Accipiter tinus, Gray & Mitch. Gen. B. pi. 10. Nisus tinus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 70. Accipiter fontanieri, Bp. C. R. xxxvii. p. 810 (juv.). Hab. New Granada (Fontanier) ; Veragua (Arce). The type specimen of Accipiter fontanieri is now in the gallery of the Jardin des Plantes, and is certainly referable to the rufous stage of this species. 5. ACCIPITER PILEATUS. Falco pileatus, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 107 ; Temm. PL Col. 205. Hab. Brazil, Cayenne, and northwards to Guatemala, where fine specimens of both sexes were obtained by Mr. Salvin. The adult of this bird is correctly figured by Temminck, I. c. It is difficult to understand how it has come to be confounded with A. cooperi. 6. ACCIPITER COOPERI. Falco cooperi, Bp. A m . Orn. ii. p. 1, pi. 10. f. 1. Falco stanleyii, Aud. Accipiter cooperi, Baird, B. N. A. p. 16. Hab. North America, and southwards to Guatemala, where examples were obtained by Mr. Salvin. 7. ACCIPITER PECTORALIS. " Falco pectoralis, Cuv.," Bp. R. Z. 1850, p. 474. Accipiter pectoralis, Sclater, Ibis, 1861, p. 313, pi. 10. Hab. South America. 8. ACCIPITER COLLARIS. Accipiter collaris, Sclater, Ibis, 1860, p. 148, pi. 6. Hab. New Granada. 9. ACCIPITER CASTANILIUS. Accipiter castanilius, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 578 ; Compt. Rend. xxxvii. p. 810 (1853). Hab. Vicinity of Santa Martha, N e w Granada. M . Verreaux informs me that he received several examples of this very distinct species from his collector at Santa Martha. One of them is now in the British Museum, and is the only specimen I have seen of this bird. |
