140 LIST OF DIITRNAL BIRDS OF PREY. 



extracted from it the following sentence relating to the 

 coloration of the tail_, which I here insert because it describes 

 the rectrices as less free from transverse markings than might 

 be inferred from the paragraph relating to this species in 

 Mr. Seebohm^s paper : — ^'The centre feathers of the tail are of 

 a pure carroty colour^ with white shafts ; on the extreme part 

 there is one broad, and two, three, or four small narrow 

 unequal black bars ; the outside tail-feathers have the ex- 

 ternal web black-brown, with a grey shading, or carroty 

 brown, the inner web is carroty, relieved here and there by 

 a brown shading, and on both are black-brown cross bars 

 throughout the entire length of the feather ; the outermost 

 feather is very broad, and the quill is white ; beneath the tail 

 is a light carroty colour with a whitish reflection, and only 

 the extreme black-brown margin is faintly distinguishable." 



