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FALCONID^. 



rufons, of which colour there are concealed bands on the secondaries, 

 the black shaft-stripes rather indistinct, but broader on the head ; 

 nape mixed with white ; forehead, eyebrow, and ear-coverts whitish, 

 narrowly streaked with black ; hinder part of ear-coverts brown, 

 washed with rufous, and also a slight moustachial streak of the same 

 colour ; throat creamy white, w ith narrow indistinct brown shaft- 

 markings ; rest of under surface whitish, with very broad reddish 

 brown streaks, varied by distinct black shaft-stripes, the thighs 

 marked with smaller brown spots, the lower abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts only sparsely marked with brown ; sides of the body for 

 the most part reddish brown, with very distinct rounded spots of 

 white, giving a marbled appearance ; under wing-coverts dark rufous 

 brown, marbled like the flanks with white spots, some of the feathers 

 also edged with whitish ; quills dark brown, spotted on the outer and 

 notched on the inner web with rufous, secondaries tipped with whitish; 

 tail dark brown, with a whitish tip, barred across with pale rufous. 

 Eah. The whole of Europe and Northern Asia, extending into 

 India and China. 



a. Pull. sk. 

 h,c,d. Pull. St. 

 e. cJ juv. sk. 



/. 2 juv. sk. 

 (J. 2 juv. sk. 



h. c? ad. st. 

 i. 2 juv. st. 

 k,l. cJjuv. st. 

 m. 2 juv. st. 

 n. 2 ad. St. 

 o. (j ad. sk. 

 p. (S ad. st. 

 q. S ad. St. 

 r. S juv. sk. 

 s. 2 JUV. sk. 

 t. S ad. sk. 

 u. (S juv. St. 

 V. Juv. St. 

 w. c? ad. sk. 

 .r,«/. 2 juv. 

 z. Skeleton. 

 a'. Sterna. 



Orkneys. 

 Orkneys. 

 Freshwater, Isle of Wight, 



Oct. 3, 1871. 

 Freshwater, Sept. 14, 1872. 

 Cbristchm'ch, Hants, Jan. 1, 



1872. _ 

 Devonshire. 

 Somersetshire. 

 Turnhani Green. 

 Monmouthshire. 

 England (Lord Saye). 

 Europe. 



Goodwick, Haverfordwest. 

 Archangel. 

 Antwerp. 



Valencia, Spain, Oct. 6, 1872. 

 Egypt, AprH 6, 1868. 

 Trebizond. 

 Shanghai. 

 Fokien, China. 

 River Ussuri (Dyhowski), 



J. Gould, Esq. 



Purchased. 



Baron A. von Hiigel [P.]. 



Baron A. von Hiigel 

 Baron A. von Hiigel 



Colonel Montagu. 

 Colonel Montagu. 



Dr. Gunther [P.]. 

 Zoological Society. 



E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Capt. G. E. Shelley [P.]. 



J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 

 Warsaw Museiun. 

 Purchased. 



T. Im 



■all, Esq. [P.]. 



27. Falco columbarius *. 



The Pigeon-Hawk, Catesby, N. II. Carolina, i. p. .3, pi. 3 (1731). 

 L'Epervier de la Caroline, Briss. Orn. i. p. 378 (1760). 



* I am unacquainted with the following species : — 



Falco richardsonii. 



Hypotriorchis richardsonii, Rid^w. Pr. Phil. Acad. 1870, p. 147. 



Mnh. Much lighter (than H. tesalon or H. colvmharivs), more earflnj brown 

 than females of these two species. Head very light-coloiu-ed above, approach- 



