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PREYING BIRDS — RAl'TORES. 



small cordate or hastate spots of light ferrugiiious ; iiuills Ijrowiiish-ljlack, their outer webs 

 tinn-ed with ashy, and a large portion of their inner webs white ; tail light cinereous, nearly 

 white on the inner webs of the feathers, and with obscure tians-vcrsc bauds of brown ; its 

 under siu-faee silky-white ; under wing coverts wliite. 





Youn/jer. Entire upper parts dull umber-brown, many feathers edged with dull rufuus, 

 especially on the neck ; beneath dull reddish-white, with longitudinal brown stripes, most 

 numerous on front of throat and neck ; tibia- tinged with reddish : upper tail coverts 



white. 



Young. Entire upi.cr jiarts dull umber-ljrown. cxrejit white tail coverts. Beneath 



