. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 22. ASTUR. 93. Head and foot of A. palumbarms. Range. The whole of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia; Oceania as far as the Fiji Islands ; all North America and the Brazilian sub- region of South America. Key to the Species. a. With a conspicuous line of white skirting the crown from above the hinder ear-coverts. a'. Underparts distinctly barred with greyish brown. a". Larger : tarsus much shorter in proportion ( ^ =30, 5 =3-4) ^jrt^MJHfianMS, 95. h". Smaller : tarsus much longer in proportion (cJ =3-15, 2 =3-7) he^isti, p. 97. h'. Un
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 22. ASTUR. 93. Head and foot of A. palumbarms. Range. The whole of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia; Oceania as far as the Fiji Islands ; all North America and the Brazilian sub- region of South America. Key to the Species. a. With a conspicuous line of white skirting the crown from above the hinder ear-coverts. a'. Underparts distinctly barred with greyish brown. a". Larger : tarsus much shorter in proportion ( ^ =30, 5 =3-4) ^jrt^MJHfianMS, 95. h". Smaller : tarsus much longer in proportion (cJ =3-15, 2 =3-7) he^isti, p. 97. h'. Underparts merely freckled with ashy, not barred atricapiUus, p. 97. b. Sides of crown uniform with crown itself. c'. No red nape-band. c". Centre tail-feathers with large white spots on inner web. a'". Underneath banded tachiro, p. 99. a. Bars narrow ; head slaty brown . tachiro, p. 99. /3. Bars broad; head bluish slaty; sides of body uniform macroscelides, p. 100. h'". Underneath unifonn. fl*. Thighs clear vinous toussenelUi, p. 101. 6'. Thighs white trinvtatns, p. 101. d". Central tail-feathers ashy grey or ashy brown, with no white spots on inner web. c'". Axillaries and under sm-face rich vinous red, inclining to chestnut. c*. Larger: inner web of quills barred tnnelleri, p. 102. (f*. Smaller: innerweb of quills nearly uniform htof/aster, ^i. 104. d'". Axillaries pale salmon-rufous si/lvesiris, p. 104. e'". Axillaries pure white, huffy white, or white narrowly barred with rufous, greyish, or black, e*. Thighs white,barred with black; occipital crest Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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