'94 RINGTAIL. Class II. 



Thefe birds are extremely defl:ru6tive to youno- 

 poultry, and to the feathered game : they fly near 

 the ground, fkimming the furface in fearch of 

 prey. They breed on the ground, and never are 

 obferved to fettle on trees. 



^g. Ring- 

 tail. 



Subbuteo. Ge/her. a'v. 48. 

 Ringtail. Pygargus accipiter. 



Raii fyn. u'v. 17. WiL 

 orn. 70. 

 Le faucon a collier. Brijfon 



a^. I. 345. PI. Enl. 443, 



and 480. 



Une autre oyfeau St. Martin, 



Belon au. 104. 

 Rubetarius Tumeric La fou- 



bufe. Hiji. dOys. I. 215. 

 Brunntch No. 14. Br. Zool. 



68. Tab. 4. 7. 



►escrip. 



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HE RINGTAIL weighs fixteen ounces: is 

 twenty inches long; and three feet nine 

 inches broad: the cere and irides yellow: on the 

 hind part of the head, round the ears to the chin, 

 is a wreath of fhort ftiff feathers of a dufky hue, tipt 

 with a reddifh white : on the top of the head, and 

 the cheeks, the feathers are dufky, bordered with 

 rufl color; under each eye is a white fpot: the 

 back is dufky, the rump white, with oblong yel- 

 Jowifh fpots on each fhaft: the tail is long; the two 

 middle feathers marked with four dufky, and four 

 broad cinereous bars ; the others with three black, 

 and three tawny bars ; but the tips of all, white ; 

 the breaft and belly are of a yellowifh brown, with 

 a call of red, and marked with oblong dufky fpots, 



but 



