460 



PREYING BIRDS — RAPTORES. 



It is still a f^uestiou whether the name iJohj(t(jru,s or Mexicanus should 

 have priority. 



Falco columbarius, LixNiEus. 



THE PIGEON-HAWK. 



Falco columharius, Linn.eus, Syst. Xat. I. 1766. 128. — Wilson, Aracr. Orn. ir. 107 ; pi. 15, 

 f. 3. — Audubon, Birds Amer. I. 88 ; \,\. 21 and 92. — C.i.ssiN, P. K. Rep. Birds, IX. 

 1858,9. — CooPEK and Suckley, XII. iii. Zool. of W. T. 142. — Ili/polriorcliis colum- 

 barius, (Kaup?) Heermans, p. II. Rep. X. vi.31. — Newberry, VI. ii. 74. — Coues, 

 Pr. A. N. Sc. 1866, 42. 



Fako temerarius, Audubon, Orn. Bioy. I. 381. 



Sp. Chau. Small, and of stout form. Above blviish slate-color, -witli a black central 

 line on each feather ; forehead and throat white ; rest of under parts pale yellowish or 

 reddish-white, each feather with a central brownish-lilaek line, the tibial leathers li^ht 

 ferruginous, with lines of black. Quills black, tipi>ed with ashy-white ; tail light bluish- 

 ashy barred with black and tipped with white ; inner webs nearly white. 



Female. 



Younger, dusky or light brown, sometimes with ferruginous markings; beneath dull 

 white with light brown stripes. Tail pale brown, with about six white bands. 



Younrj, brownish-black, the stripes wider, the white parts dusky, sides with black bands 



