RUFOUS KESTREL FALCON. 1 1 1 



Falcons. The inner or under surface of the wings 

 is cream-coloured white ; the bands just spoken of 

 being hardly discerned, but there is the faint ap- 

 pearance of ten on the first quill ; the lesser covers 

 are each marked with two spear-shaped spots, and 

 the greater with two transverse bands of black. 

 All the under plumage, from the belly, is striped 

 with black down the middle of each feather, these 

 stripes generally becoming tear-shaped; they are 

 very small, and almost disappear on the thighs, and 

 there are none on the belly and under tail-covers. 

 Feet, bright yellow ; claws, black. The wings are 

 nearly as long as the tail, and the notch on the 

 second quill is nearly obsolete. The tail is rounded. 



Dimensions of the female, 13 inches; bill from 

 the gape, T 8 o ; wings nearly 10 inches ; tail, from 

 the base, 7i; tarsus, 1-fe. 



As a further distinction between this and the 

 species from Java, we may remark, that in the 

 latter the plumage beneath is transversely banded^ 



whereas in this it is longitudinally strivecL 



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