-loo FALCON I D.lv. 



/.-. Ad. sk. N.E. Australia. Purcha.sed. 



/. c? ad. .*k. Flores. A. II. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



18. FaJco cuvieri. 



Falco cuvieri, Smith, S.-Afr. Q. Joitm. i. p. 392 (1830) ; Sharpe, 



Ibis, 1871, p. 48(). 

 Falco boschii, Schl. Xvdeil Tijdschi: i. p. 123 (1861); id. Hits. P.-B. 



Falc. p. 23 (1862). 

 Falco severus (pt.), Schl. Mus. P.-B. Revue Accipiti: p. 39 (1873). 



Adult male. Above dark slaty grey, inclining to black on tbe in- 

 terscapulary region, the scapulars and inner secondaries edged with 

 paler grey, primaries dark brown ; tail-feathers dark brown, with a 

 .slight greyish shade above, barred with fulvous underneath on the 

 inner web and tipped with pale rufous ; forehead inclining to huffy 

 white ; fore part of the cheeks, as well as a short malar stripe and a 

 line under the eye along the upper ear- coverts, greyish black ; rest 

 of the cheeks, sides of neck, and throat white, washed with rufous ; 

 remainder of under surface rich rusty red, the thighs and under 

 tail-coverts unspotted, the breast and sides marked with central 

 streaks of black to the feathers ; under wing-coverts buff, streaked 

 with black ; cere, orbits, and feet orange ; bill dark horn-blue, yel- 

 low at base of lower mandible. Total length 11 inches, culmen 0-8, 

 wing S'5, tail 5, tarsus 1-2. 



Hab. South and West Africa. 

 a. S ad. sk. Accra, July 1872. Captain G. E. Shelley [P.]. 



19. Falco fusco-cserulescens. 



Alconeillo aplomado, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 175 (1802). 



Aleoncillo obscuro azulejo, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 179 (1802). 



Falco fusco-cffirulescens, Vieill. N. Dirt. d'Hid. Nut. xi. p. 90 (1817). 



Falco thoracicus, Licht. Verz. Duuhl. p. ('2 (1823). 



Falco fenioralis, Temm. PI. Col. i. pis. 121, .343 (1823); Spi.r, Av. 



Bra<. i. p. 18 (1824) ; D'Orb. Voy. Am. Merid., Zool. p. 116 (183.J) ; 



T.schud. iy Cub. Faun. Pcruan. p. 108 (184o) ; Hurtl. Ind. Azar. 



p. 3 (1847) ; StricM. Orn. Si/n. p. 88 (1855) ; Bunn. Bei.". La 



Plata, ii. p. 437 (1861); Sc'/d. Mu.i. P.-B. Falo. p. 20 (1802); 



Cooper, B. Calif, ed. Baird, p. 460 (1870) ; Schl. Bevue Accipitr. 



p. 38(1873). 

 Jlvpotriorcliis femoralis, Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 20 (1844) ; Cab. in 



Schomb. Rcis. Guian. iii. p. 724 (184^) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 20 (1850); 



Scl. ^- Sah: Ibis, 1859, p. 219 ; Pelz. Reis. Nor., Vor/. p. 8 (1865) ; 



Leot. Ois. Trinid. p. 24 (1866) ; .SW. P. Z. S. 1867," pp. 330, 338 ; 



Scl. ^- Sah. t. c. pp. 590, 988 ; 1868, p. 143 ; 1869, pp. 155, 252 : 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 21 (1869); Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 5 (1871) ; 



.SW. Sf- Sah. Nomcncl. p. 121 (1873). 

 yFsalon femoralis, Kaup, Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 54 ; Bp. Per. et Maq. 



de Zool. 1854, p. 536. 

 H}-potriorcliis aurantius, Ileerm. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1854, p. 177. 



Adult male. Above duU slaty, lighter on the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts, the latter barred and tipped with whitish ; crown greyish 

 black ; lores and forehead whitish ; from behind the eye a broad 

 streak running down each side of the head and joining on the hind 



