To. FALCo. " .'<8;j 



the inner \v('l>9 ; forehead wliitish, the feathers under the eye, fore 

 part of cheeks, and moustaehial stripe deep hlack ; throat creamy 

 buff; rest of under surface deep ferruginous, paler on the lower 

 abdomen, all the featliers mesiall)- streaked witli a longitudinal 

 black spot, much larger and more arro\v-sha]ied on the dank-feathers. 

 Total length 16 inches, wing 12. 



Hub. Chili and adjacent countries of South America. 



a. cJ ad. St. Straits of Magellan. The Admiralty [P.]. 



h. $ ad. sk. Chili. 11. Cumiug, Esq. [C." 



c. 5 imm. sk. Chili. II. Cuming, Esfj. [C. 



d. S juv. sk. Santiago, Chili. E. C. Keed, Esc^. [C. 

 c. (S ad. sk. Chili. Purchased. 



5. Falco melanogenys. 



Falco peregrinus, Viq. S,- Horsf. Tr. Linn. Sac. xv. p. 183 (182G) ; 



I>ifJ[lh'S Orn. Aitsir. part 20 (IBfiS). 

 Falco melanogenys, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 139; id. Si//i. B. Austr. 



pt. ii. ( 183S) ; "Gmii, Gen. of B. i. p. li) (1844) ; Gould, B. Austr. 



fol. i. pi. 8 (1848); Sturf, Exp. C. Austr. ii. App. p. 14 (1849); 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 23 (1850); id. Rev. e.t 3Iu(/.-d(' Zuol. 1854, p. o3t); 



Utrickl. Orn. Sijn. p. 56 (1855) ; Gould, Handb. B. uf Austr. i. p. 20 



(1865); Bhitli, Ibis, 1866, p. 234; Grmj, Hand-l. of B. i. p. 19 



(1809); Sfntrpe, Ann. N. If. (4) xi. p. 224 (1873). 

 Falco macropus. Swains. An. in Mcnaq. p. 341 (1837). 

 Falco commimis, Held. Valkv. Ned. Ind. pp. 2, 44, pi. 1. tig. 2 



(1806). 



Adult male. Head and nape deep black, including the entire sides 

 of the face, cheeks, and ear-coverts ; interscapulary region blackish, 

 with a few obsolete transverse bars of bluish grey ; rest of upper 

 surface bluish ashy, barred all over with blaclcish, some of the bars, 

 especially of the upper tail-coverts, assuming a triangular form ; 

 upper wiug-coverts somewhat washed with brown, the grey shade 

 being more perceptible on the greater series ; quills black, the 

 primaries outwardly shaded with gxey, outer secondaries narrowly 

 tipped with creamy white, the inner ones almost entireh' bluish 

 grey, with obscure blackish marblings and cross bars ; tail blackish, 

 with a narrow ashy white bar at the tip, the upper surface shaded 

 with grey, clearer towards the base, bars on centre rectrices eleven 

 in number, not including the broad subterminal black band ; throat 

 and upper breast deep creamy buff, the latter with a few median 

 black shaft-stripes ; rest of the under surface buffy white, closely 

 but narrowly barred across with black, sides of body and thighs 

 shaded with a bluish grey tinge ; fore part of breast and under 

 wing-coverts with a strong fawn-coloured shade ; bill greenish at 

 base, horny black at tip, under mandible deep orange ; feet yellow, 

 claws black; iris dark. Total length 14-8 inches, culmon 1-2, wing 

 11"8, tail G, tarsus 2. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but larger and more richly 

 coloured ; underneath deep ferruginous, paler on the chest, the 

 cross barring narrow and irregular, sometimes confined to a small 



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