DUCK HAWK 



flight); feathers surrounding eye black. Bill 

 black. 



Young. Blackish above, the feathers tipped 

 with white; head, neck and lower parts whitish 

 striped with blackish; under surface of wings 

 blackish barred with white, but indistinctly on 

 under wing coverts. 



A small hawk with large and long pointed 

 wings and a moderately long square-tipped tail. 

 A common and widely distributed species which 

 occurs in all parts of the Canal Zone. Of swift 

 and graceful flight, it is sometimes seen at a 

 considerable height and at other times flying 

 close to the ground. 



FALCONID^ 



19. Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonaparte) 

 Duck Hawk 



Length. Male, 405 mm. (16.00 in.); tail, 165 

 mm. (6.50 in.). Female, 480 mm. (19.00 in.), 

 tail, 190 mm. (7.50 in.). 



Sexes alike. Above dark bluish, slaty outer 

 wing quills barred with tawny; tail inconspicu- 

 ously barred with blackish and tipped with 

 white; a black patch from bill extending down 

 sides of throat; below cream buff barred and 

 spotted with black except on throat and chest. 



Young. Above dusky with rusty edges to 

 feathers ; ear coverts buff y ; below buff y streaked 

 with black; bars of under surface of tail tawny 

 buff. 



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