Class II. SPOTTED FALCON. 189 



This bird is fubjedt to fome variety in its co- Descrip. 

 lors : we have feen fome whofe breaft and belly 

 were brown, and only marked crofs the craw 

 with a large white crefcent : ufually the breaft 

 is of a yellowifh white, fpotted with oblong ruft- 

 colored fpots, pointing downwards : the chin 

 ferruginous: the back of the head and neck, 

 and the coverts of the wings are of a deep 

 brown, edged with a pale ruft color : the fcapular 

 feathers brown; with white towards their roots: 

 the middle of the back is covered only with a 

 thick white down : the ends of the quil feathers 

 are duflcy : their lower exterior fides afh-colored : 

 their interior fides blotched with darker and lighter 

 fhades of the fame : the tail is barred with black 

 and afh-color, and fometimes with ferruginous: 

 the bar next the very tip is black, and the broadeft 

 of all; the tip itfelf of a dufl<y white. The irides 

 are white, tinged with red. The weight of this 

 fpecies is thirty-two ounces : the length twenty- Size. 

 two inches^ the breadth fifty-two. 



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Spotted Falcon, Br.ZooL iv, tab. 11. 55. Spotted, 



^O of thefe birds have been Ihot near 

 Longnor^ Shropjhire, 



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