RED-FOOTED FALCON. 



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with transverse bars of dark brown ; under surface of the 

 primaries blackish-grey, with numerous transverse bars of 

 bkiish-grey : under surface of the tail bluish-grey, with nine 

 or ten transverse bars of bluish-black, which are broader as 

 they approach the tip. 



Young females have the top of the head reddish-brown 

 with dusky streaks ; the eyes encircled with black, with a 

 small black pointed moustache descending from the front of 

 the eye ; ear-coverts white ; upper surface of the body dark 

 brown, the feathers ending with reddish-brown ; primaries 

 dusky-black, the inner edges and tips buffy-white ; the tail 

 dark brown, with numerous transverse bars of reddish-brown ; 

 throat white ; sides of the neck, the breast, and all the under 

 surface of the body, pale reddish-white, with brown longi- 

 tudinal streaks and patches on the breast ; the thighs 

 uniform pale ferruginous ; beak, cere and irides as in the 

 adult female. 



