32 />'/A'DS OF THE IIAWAIIAX (.ROfP. 



Order RAPTORES.-Birds of Prey. 



Faun lies.. 



Head entirely feathered; no web l:)et\veen the inner and middle toe; hind toe 

 w ith lar_s4'e shar]) elaw. 



a. l{\e.s lateral, not snrronnded 1)\' disks of radiating feathers; onter toe not 

 reversible. ( Sub-order lurlcoui-s. ) ( Page 32. ) Falcon idae. 



aa. E^'es surrounded by disks of radiating feathers; both eyes directed forward; 

 cere concealed b\- loral and frontal feathers ( Sub-order .S7;74'-^'.s); facial disks distinct 

 and extending as far above the eye as below it ; inner toe decidedly shorter than the 

 outer one; first quill shorter than the third ( Page 33. ) Bubon idae. 



Family FAI^CONID^.— Falcons, Hawks, Etc. 



(•ciifi-a. 

 Nostrils not circular, nor linear and oblique; with the upper end of the nasal 

 opening the anterior one ( Sub-family ^^rtv/!'///'///;';^'); tail not forked; front of tarsus 

 covered with large transverse scutulas ; claws grooved beneath ; cutting edge of upper 

 mandible not notched; tip of upper mandible produced into a conspicuous hook. 



a. Face encircled by a ruff of short stiffened feathers, as in the owls. 



(Page 32.) Circus. 



aa. P"ace not encircled by a ruff; tail not more than two-thirds the length of th.e 

 wing; primaries exceeding the secondaries by much more than the length of the tarsus 

 in front ; wings more than four times as long as the tarsus ( Page 33. ) Buteo. 



Gkms circus Lacepkdk. 



Male: Above dull blue-grey, darker and inclined to brownish cm the head, back 

 and scapulars; the neck somewhat mottled with buffy white; facial ruff ashy grey; 

 chin whitisli ; throat, sides of neck and breast dull greyish; rest of under parts white; 

 tail bluish grey; upper tail coverts white. Fniialc: Above dusky brown ; head and 

 neck streaked; the lesser wing coverts spotted; feathers of rump edged with rusty; 

 facial ruff buffy white streaked with dark brown; tail ashy grey with five bars of dark 

 brown, the interspaces more or less rufous; under surface of body buffy white with 

 broad streaks of brown cm the breast, thighs and abdomen. )'(>/( i/i;: Above ashy brown 

 or blackish brown with rufous margins to the feathers; wing coverts spotted with deep 

 rust}- ; ear coverts uniform bright dark brown; feathers of the disks browner; lower 

 parts rich rusty ochraceons, paler posteriorlw Length 19.so-24.oo, wing 12.90-16.00, 



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