L 3*3 I 



ami belly an- yellowish, with l>ro\vn streaks, 

 which arc not mentioned by the ornitho- 

 sts, though their descriptions answer in 

 other respe&S, It weighs six ounces and a 

 half, its length is loj, the breadth 22^. 

 Catesby's figure is a very indifferent one. 



'. o, 2. Spadiceus. Neiv Species. Chocolate 

 Falcon. Faun. Am. Sept. p. 9. 



This species, at first sight, bears some resem- 

 blance to the European Moor Buzzard, or 

 Aeruginosus, Linn, but is much less, and 

 wants the light spots on the head and shoul- 

 ders. No number or description was sent 

 along with it. 



I ; .\ i. co, 3. Sacer, Brisson, I. p. 377. Sacre -de 

 Buffon, Oiseaux, (edition in i2mo.) Tom. II. 

 p. 349. t. 14. Faun. Am. Sept. p. 9. 



Severn River, N 16. 



Speckled Partridge Hawk, at Hudson's Bay. 

 The name is derived from its feeding on the 

 birds of the Grous tribe, commonly called 

 partridges, at Hudson's Bay. Its irides are 

 yellow, and the legs blue. It comes nearest 

 the Sacre of Brisson, Buffon, and Belon ; 

 but Buffon says it has black eyes, which is 

 very indistinct ; for the irides are black in 

 none of the falcons, and in few other birds ; 

 and the pupil, if he means that, is black in 

 all birds. It is said, by Belon, to come from 

 Tartary and Russia, and is, therefore, pro- 

 bably a northern bird. It is very voracious 



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