AVES FALCON I D^. 



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deep brown on each feather; lower throat, breast, and chest dull choc- 

 olate-brown, ocellated and splotched with white on each feather, the whole 

 having a mottled appearance; remainder of underparts, including the 

 thighs, legs, under tail- and under wing-coverts, as well as the axillaries, 

 barred regularly cinnamon-brown and white ; the shade of cinnamon is 

 brightest on the abdomen, lower tail-coverts and thighs, and becomes 

 deep and rich in tone on the sides of the body and under wing-coverts 



and axillaries. 



FIG. 298. 



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Circus cuureta. Adult female. P. U. O. C 7905. Dettfl of foot from ride. Natural size. 



Bill : Bluish horn-color. Cere dull yellow-green. 



Iris: Hazel-brown. 



Feet : Orange-yellow. Claws shining black. 



