74. HARl'A. 373 



tipped with rufoua white and crossed by eight bands, more or less 

 distinctly indicated, of greyish white ; lores whitish ; a faintly pro- 

 nounced superciliary streak rufous, varied mth black, as also are 

 the sides of neck ; ear-coverts blackish, and a moustachial streak 

 not very distinctly separated from the ear-coverts by the rufous of 

 the sides of the neck ; under surface of body buffy white, with an 

 ochraceous tinge on the breast, the throat unspotted, but the breast 

 and abdomen mesially streaked with dark brown, broader on the 

 sides of the body, where the white forms large spots on both webs, 

 giving a distinctly ocellated appearance ; thighs and under tail- 

 coverts bright rust-colour, with narrow shaft-stripes of dark brown ; 

 under wing-coverts buffy white, barred across with brown, slightly 

 tinged with chestnut, the axillaries distinctly ocellated Math white ; 

 cere pale yellow ; bill bluish black, the base of lower mandible 

 horn-colour ; feet yellow, claws black ; irides brownish yellow. 

 Total length 18-5 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 11-5, tail 8-3, tarsus 2-6. 



Adult male. According to Dr. Buller (I. c.) it is only a Kttle 

 smaller than the female. Wing 11-25 inches, tail 8-25, culmen 1-25, 

 tarsus 2-5. 



Young. Brownish black above, without the rufescent cross mark- 

 ings ; wings and tail as in adult, but the bars on the latter more 

 indistinct, less continuous, and not seen on the apical portion ; lores 

 whitish ; a very slightly indicated superciliary line deep rufous ; 

 facial features as in adult ; throat and lower abdomen buffy white, 

 with distinct brown shaft-stripes ; rest of under surface clouded 

 with brown, with black shaft-stripes, varied here and there with a 

 few ocellated rufous spots, more distinct on the flanks ; thighs and 

 under tail-coverts dull chestnut, clouded with blackish centres to 

 the feathers ; under ^ang-coverts much as in adult, but the white 

 markings smaller, giving a less ocellated appearance ; cere and orbits 

 bluish white ; legs dark grey, claws black ; iris black. 



JIab. The same as that of the genus. 



rt. 

 b. 

 c. 

 d. 

 e. 



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 h. 



Falco brunnea {nee Bechst.), Guuld, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 138, et Syn. B. 



Austr. part iii. (1838) ; Gray, Ajip. Dieff. Trav. ii. p. 186 (1843). 

 Falco australis, Honibr. i^- Jacq. Ann. Sci. Xat. 1841, p. 312, et Voy. 



Pole Sud, Atlas, Ow. pi. 1. fig. 1 (1842-53). 

 Falco ferox, Peak, U. S. Expl. Exp. p. G7 (1848). 

 Falco novaj zealandite, Hombr. l^ Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, Zool. iii. p. 47 



(1853). 

 leracidea nova; zealaudiai, Cms. V. 6'. Eapl. Exp. p. 89 (1858). 



