70 FALCONIDJE. 



back, wing, and tail-coverts, brown, the base of many of 

 the feathers white, which extending beyond the edge of 

 the feather immediately above it, causes a white spot or 

 mark ; primaries and tail-feathers light brown, barred 

 transversely with darker brown ; under surface of the 

 neck, body, wing-coverts, and thighs, greyish white, barred 

 transversely with brown ; under surface of the wing and 

 tail feathers of the same colour, but the light and dark 

 bars much broader; the first six wing-primaries emargi- 

 nated ; the fourth and fifth quill-feathers equal and the 

 longest, the first quill-feather the shortest ; the legs and 

 toes yellow ; the claws long, curved, sharp, and black. 



The young male Sparrow-Hawk resembles the female ; 

 but the brown feathers of the back and the wing-coverts 

 are edged with reddish brown ; feathers of the tail red- 

 dish brown, particularly toward the base, with three con- 

 spicuous dark brown transverse bands. In other particu- 

 lars like the female ; and both have a collar formed by a 

 mixture of white and brown, which extends from the 

 sides of the neck to the nape. 



