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witnessed it in the act of darting at a Blue Mountain Parrot, 
which was suspended in a cage from the bough of a mulberry- 
tree within a couple of yards of my door.— The irides are yellow. 
The length of the male is 124 inches, of the female, 144.” 
Subfam. Faiconina. 
Genus. Fatco. Linn. et Auct. 
1. PEnEGRiINUs. F.cerá pedibusque luteis, corpore supra cinereo 
Jusco-fasciato, subtus ex rufo albo; tæniis postocularibus ni- 
gris, caudá albo-punctatá. 
Falco peregrinus. Raii Syn. Av. p. 13. no. 1. 
Le Lanier. Pl. Enl. 430. 
Le Faucon. Tb. 421. 
Peregrine Falcon. Selby, Ill. of Brit. Orn. pl. 15. 
Upon a minute comparison of the specimen before us in the 
Society's collection, which is in a fine state of preservation, with 
some European specimens of this species, we can discover no 
material difference between them. The native name of this 
bird is Wolga. The eyes, Mr. Caley observes, are of a blueish 
black ; the irides having a faint shade of hazel-brown in a strong | 
light. 
2. Cencnroipes. F. supernè rufus, subtus albidus, pteromati- 
bus remigibusque nigris, rectricibus pallidé cineraceis, Sascid 
nigrá latá prope apicem album. —.— 
Fom. F. supernè rufa, subtus albida, pteromatibus remigibusque 
fuscis, rectricibus rufis graciliter fusco-fasciatis, fasci latá 
fuscá prope apicem album. 
Caput rufum, nigro-lineatum. Dorsum scapularesque rufæ ni- 
gro parce notate. Tectrices, maris nigræ, foemin fuscæ, 
rufo-maculate ; inferiores albæ. Gula femoraque albe. 
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