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295. Falco cuvieri Smith, S. Afr. Q. Jnl., i., 

 p. 392 (1830). [Cafferland, near Kai River.] 

 African Hobby. 



Wing (^215 mm. ; above dark slate grey, 

 blackish on interscapulary region ; pri- 

 maries and tail feathers dark brown, latter 

 barred with fulvous on inner web ; fore- 

 head buffy white ; throat and sides of 

 neck white, washed with rufous ; below 

 rusty red, with central streaks of black 

 on breast and sides ; under wing-coverts 

 buff, streaked with black. 



S. and W. Africa 

 from Cape to 

 Gold Coast and 

 Shoa ; cas. in 

 Egyptian Sudan 



'296. Falco deiroleucus Temm. PI. Col. i., livr. 59, 

 pi. 348 (1825). [St. Francis I., Sta. Cater- 

 ina, Brazil.] 



[ =F. aurantius Gmel., auct.] 

 Orange-breasted Falcon. 



Wing (J 240, ? 278 mm. ; above black, most 

 of the feathers bordered with slate grey ; 

 tail with 3 bars of greyish white ; throat 

 white ; below chestnut, except lower breast 

 and under wing-coverts which are black, 

 tipped and spotted with rufous buff. 



South and 

 Central 

 America ; 

 Brazil to 

 Guatemala. 



■■•^297. Falco albigularis albigularis Daud., Traite, 

 ii., p. 131 (1800). [Cayenne.] 

 [F. rufigularis Daud., a synonym.] 

 White-throated Bat Falcon. 



South and Cen- 

 tral America, 

 from Argentina 

 to Mexico. 



Wing c? 185, ? 212-225 mm. ; above slaty 

 black ; tail black, tipped with white, and 

 with 3 or 4 narrow bands of greyish white ; 

 throat and sides of neck orange rufous to 

 white with a tinge of rufous ; upper breast 

 and sides black, finely barred with white ; 

 abdomen, thighs and under tail-coverts 

 chestnut. 



