42 FALCOXIXyE. 



Gexus VII. PERXIS. BEE HAWK. 



Bill compressed towards the end, its upper outline 

 convex, and sloping to the edge of the cere, then curved 

 in the fourth of a circle, the edge with a very slight fes- 

 toon; the loral feathers small, dense, imbricated. P. 225. 



HEAD OF PERMS APIVORUS. 



1. P. apivorus. Bee Hawk or Honey Buzzard Male 



with the head and cheeks grey, the upper parts umber- 

 brown^ the breast white^ with broad bands of b^o^vn. Fe- 

 male with the forehead bluish-grey^ the upper parts umber- 

 brown, the lower pale red with reddish-brown spots. Young 

 with the head white, spotted with brown, the upper parts 

 deep brown. P. 259. 



This species is easily distinguished from an\' British bird 

 of the family by the pecuUar form and texture of the loral 

 feathers. 



