462 



PREYING BIRDS — R APTORES. 



primaries ashy-black, witli niiim.'rous transverse bands of white un tln-ir inner webs; sec- 

 ondaries light cinereous, tipjied with white ; two middle teathers of the tail light cinereous, 

 with transverse bands of ashy-white ; other feathers of the tail browuish-black, tipped 



W. femoralis. 



with white, and having about eight transverse bands of whit 

 15.00; wing, 10.50; tail, 7.50. Bi 

 legs yellow. 



Ilah. New Me.xieo, jMexieo, and South America. 



Tiital length about 



about eight transverse u<ui.i:> ui „i]ii.. i..l.i. migm .i.jum, 

 yellow at base, tiiJjied wi:li linht bluish horn-color; 



This species is extremely rare in tlie United States, though occasionally 

 seen and captured in Arizona and New Mexico. Nothin.n' special is known 

 of its haliits, exce^jt tliat tliey resemble those of tlie other true falcons. 



Falco sparverius, Li.nn.eus. 



THE SPAKROW-HAWK. 



Falco sparverius, Linn.^us, Syst. Nat. I. 176G, 1:^8. — Wilson, Am. O™. II. 117 ; jil. Ifi, f. 

 1 ; IV. 57 ; pi. 32, f. 2. — Audl'don, Birds Anier., oct. I. 90 ; jil. 22; I'.il. |.l. 42. — Cas- 

 siN, V. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 13. — Cooper and Slckley, XII. ii. Zonl. of W. T. 14.-!. 

 — Tinniiriniliis sitarrerhis, ViEiLLOT, Ois. Amcr. Sept. 40; ])1. 12 ami l-'S. — Newrekrv, 

 P. R. Rej). VI. ii 74 — Kexxerly, X. iv. 19. — IIker.m.vx.v, X. vi. 1859,31. — Coues, 

 Pr. A. N. Sc. 18G6, 42. 



Sp. Cn.\i;. Adult. Frontal band and space, in(diiding eyes, and throat, white; a spot 

 on the ncek bidund, two others on ea(di side of neck, and a line running down from before 

 the eye, black. Spot on top of the head, anil u]iper jiarts behind neck, light rufous or 

 cinnamon. Under parts generally, ])aler rufous, fi-etpiently nearly white, with numerous 

 circular oblong black spots. Quills brownish-black, with w-hite bars on their inner webs. 



