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Badiated Falcon, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., p. 53, pi. cxxi. 



Falco radiatus, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xii. 



Urospizias radiatus, Sharpe, Cat. B., i., p. 159. 



Eryihrotriorchis radiatus, Sharpe, Handl. B., i., p. 254. 

 Watling has given the following MS. note : — " This bird 

 measures from the top of the head to the end of the tail 22 in., 

 and from the tip of one wing to the other 4 feet. Iris doubtful. 

 A new Falcon." 



1 1 . Another painting of the Radiated Falcon, to which is 

 attached the following note by "Watling :— " The skin of this bird 

 I found nailed up to a settler's hut. It is the only one of the 

 kind ever seen. The di'awing is a faithful copy. The settler who 

 shot it says the iris was brown, and remarked that he never saw 

 any bird fly with such swiftness. Its claws, which were long, 

 small, and sharp when he took it up, it drove quite through the 

 end of his fingers. A new Falcon. This bird measures fi"om the 

 bill to the extremity of the tail twenty -four inches." It will be 

 seen that Latham copied the notes, but did not say who had 

 written them. 



12. A picture of a young Hobby and the type of Latham's 

 Lunated Falcon, as follows : — 



Lunated Falcon, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., p. 54. 

 Falco lur^atus, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xiii, 

 " Inhabits I^ew Holland, and was taken in March. Native 

 name Goo-roo-wang." This native name is copied from Watling's 

 MS., but I cannot find any record of the time of year when the 

 bird was shot. 



13. Pacific Falcon, Lath., Syn., Suppl. ii., p. 54. 

 Falco pacifi CMS, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., ]). xiii. 



I am unable to identify the bird here figured. It has a white 

 head and neck. Upper surface dark brown, " blotched on the 

 back with dark spots, and marked on the belly (which is paler 

 than above and inclining to yellow) with black streaks. The tail 

 is long, even at the end, crossed with seven or eight black bars, 

 the quills also barred as the tail, with the ends black." This is a 

 good description of the painting, but I caimot find any Australian 

 bird of prey which corresponds with it. Watling's original note 

 is as follows : — " This bird is not common in New South Wales. 

 The only one shot, though others have been seen of the same 

 kind." The only species which it could possibly resemble might 

 be a young Falco hypoleucus, but our specimens in the Museum 

 do not favour the idea. 



