196 FALCO TINNUNCULUS. 



those of the breast ; of the sides long ; of the inner side 

 of the leg- downy, of the outer elongated and loose at 

 the ends. The wings are long, rather broad, narrow 

 towards the end ; the primary quills of moderate 

 strength, tapering, rounded ; the second longest, the 

 third scarcely shorter, tlie fourth a little longer than 

 the lirst, which is nearly an inch shorter than the se- 

 cond, the rest rapidly graduated ; the first and second 

 abruptly cut out on the inner web near the end, the 

 second and third slightly cut out on the outer web ; 

 the secondary quills thirteen, broad and rounded. The 

 tail is long, rounded, of twelve straight rounded fea- 

 thers, the latter an inch and a half shorter than the 

 central. 



The bill is pale bluish-grey, the tips black, and the 

 base close to the cere tinged with yellow ; the cere and 

 bare orbital spaces pale orange. The palate is flesh- 

 coloured, its sides pale blue. The irides are brown, 

 the feet rich orange, the claws black, tinged with grey 

 at the base. 



The upper part of the head and the hind neck are 

 ash-grey, each feather with a central dusky line ; the 

 cheeks of the same colour tinged with yellow. The 

 back and smaller feathers of the wing, with the scapu- 

 lars, and some of the inner secondary quills, are light 

 red, each with the shaft blackish grey, and a guttiform 

 spot of the same near the end. The primary quills and 

 their coverts are brownish-black, tinged with grey, 

 margined with paler, their inner web indented with nu- 

 merous confluent white markings ; the outer secondary 

 quills similar, the inner pale red on their outer web, 

 dusky on the inner, with reddish-white indentations. 



