;38S FALCONIDiE. 



p. 221 ; Bli/th, torn. cit. p. 2:37 ; Gould, B. of Asia, pt. xx. (18(J.^) 

 Hume, Rouqh Notes, i. p. 79 (1869J ; Gz-rtf/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 2U 

 (1869) ; Hharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 423 ; Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 240 ; Rad- 

 c/iife,to)n. cit. p. 3150; S/tel/ci/, B. of Egypt, p. 189 (1872). 



Adult female. Above bluish grey, the feathers with pale fulves- 

 cent margins, and having indistinct bars of darker grey ; the lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts paler and clearer blue-grey, 

 transversely barred with dark grey, the bars somewhat irregular 

 and arrow-shaped on the upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts coloured 

 like tlie back, the greater series rather lighter grey ; quills brown, 

 externally shaded with grey, the secondaries margined and broadly 

 tijipcd with buffy white, and barred across with darker grey, the 

 bars very distinct on the lower surface of the wing, and especially 

 numerous on the primaries ; tail grey, tipped with fulvous and 

 crossed with nine or ten bars of darker grey, the light-grey inter- 

 spaces somewhat tinged -n-ith rufous, especially towards the base, the 

 lower surface of the tail whitish, the bars being very distinct ; head 

 and hind neck clear rufous, the cro^vn more or less inclined to 

 greyish black, of which colour many of the feathers are composed, 

 having only a slight margin of rufous ; the plumes of the nape and 

 hind neck also more or less mixed with greyish black ; sides of face 

 buffy white, tinged with rufous, the ear-coverts streaked with 

 brown, collecting on the cheeks and forming there a distinct mous- 

 tache ; throat pure white ; chest also white, with a few narrow 

 central streaks of brown ; remainder of under surface whitish, 

 slightly tinged with buff, and numerously marked with arrow-head 

 spots of brown in the centre of the body, and barred on the sides of 

 the breast, flanks, and under wing-coverts wath the same colour, the 

 bars on the greater series of the latter very broad ; the bars on the 

 thighs and under tail-coverts very much narrower; cere, gape, and 

 orbits bright yellow ; bill blue, blackish at tip ; feet bright yellow ; 

 iris deep brown. Total length 22-5 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 13-3, 

 tail 7*7, tarsus 1-95. 



Obs. The above measurements are from the skin. Mr. Hume 

 gives those of an adult female as follows : — total length 17"25 inches, 

 wing 13, tail 7'25, tarsus 1-75. A young male measured by him — 

 total length 16 inches, wing 11-87, tail 6, tarsus 1-87. 



Young male. Dark earthy brown; some of the feathers of the 

 crown obscurely margined, the nape and hind neck mottled, the 

 lower back and rump edged, and the upper tail-coverts also barred 

 with rufous ; tail dark brown, spotted on the outer web and banded 

 . on the inner one with rufous, the two centre feathers nearly obso- 

 letely barred ; quills dark brown, barred with pale buff on the inner 

 Aveb, the secondaries paler brown, edged and spotted on the outer 

 web with rufous ; feathers under the eye and cheek-stripe blackish 

 brown ; sides of the face and ear-coverts strongly tinged with ru- 

 fous ; throat whitish ; rest of under surface earthy buff, with central 

 dark brown streaks to the feathers, inclining to bars on the vent and 

 under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts brown, spotted and barred 

 with clear buff : cere pale sea-green ; bill pale bluish green, blackish 



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