32 /1/R/)S OF TJIl-: l/AWAIIA.X (.ROT P. 



Order RAPTORES.-Birds of Prey. 



Faiiiilics. 

 Head entirely feathered; no wel) between the inner and middle toe; hind toe 

 w ith lart>e sharp claw. 



a. P^yes lateral, not snrronnded by disks of radiating feathers; onter toe not 

 reversible. ( vSnb-order /ujiroiirs. ) ( Page 32. ) Falcon'idae. 



aa. Kyes snrronnded by disks of radiating feathers ; both eyes directed forward; 

 cere concealed by loral and frontal feathers ( Sub-order .SZ/vJovw ) ; facial disks distinct 

 and extending as far above the eye as below it ; inner toe decidedly- shorter than the 

 onter one; first qnill shorter than the third ( Page 33. ) Bubonidae. 



Family FAI^CON'ID^.— Fai.coxs, Hawks, Etc. 



(rCI/lTd. 



Nostrils not circular, nor linear and oblicjue; with the upper end of the nasal 

 opening the anterior one ( vSub-familv -■^<'Vv/>////'//^/' ); tail not forked; front of tarsus 

 covered with large transverse scntulae ; claws grooved beneath ; cutting edge of upper 

 mandible not notched; tip of upper mandible produced into a conspicuous hook. 



a. P'ace encircled bv a ruff of short stiffened feathers, as in the owls. 



(Page 32.) Circus. 



aa. Face not encircled bv a ruff; tail not more than two-thirds the length of the 

 wing; primaries exceeding the secondaries by much more than the length of the tarsus 

 in front; wings more than four times as long as the tarsus ( Page 33. ) Buteo. 



Ch.nts circus I.ACKi'kni.:. 



Male: Above dull blue-grev, darker and inclined to brownish on the head, back 

 and .scapulars ; the neck somewhat mottled with huffy white; facial ruff ashy grey; 

 chin whitish ; throat, sides of neck and breast dull greyish ; rest of under parts white; 

 tail bluish grey; upper tail coverts white. Fniialc: Above dusky brown ; head and 

 neck streaked; the lesser wing coverts spotted; feathers of rump edged with rusty; 

 facial ruff bnft'y white streaked with dark brown; tail ashy grey with five bars of dark 

 brown, the interspaces more or less rufous; under surface of body buffy white with 

 broad streaks of brown on the breast, thighs and abdomen. YotDio : Above ashy brown 

 or blackish brown with rufous margins to the feathers; wing coverts spotted with deep 

 rusty; ear coverts uniform bright dark brown; feathers of the disks browner; lower 



parts rich rusty ochraceous, paler posteriorly. Length 19.so-24.oo, wing 12.90-16.00, 



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