FALCONID.E - Til E FALCONS. ] CO 



Falco (Tinnunculus ' sparverius, Linx. 



V.ir. Hiijii'veriiiA, l.iss.f;us. 



AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK; AMERICAN KESTREL. 



Aci-ipil'i- {.J-^stf/n,i) ciifo/iiii iisix, l!i:is.s. dni. I, :i8."i, ITtiH. A'vi/iilir minor, Cathsh, (_'ar(il. 

 I, .'■, U.'il. Fii/i-:i s/iiin-n-i'iis, l.iNN. .Sy>t. X;it. ]i. V2S, ITiiil. — I'l.NN, Arrt. Zoiil. pp. 

 l!ll, iil-J. — (i.MKl.. Sysl. Xal. p. lisl. — L.vill. liul. Oiii. (i. 42; Syimp. 1, lid, .s|i. 

 HI; (it'll. Hist. I, -liii. D.viii. Tr. Orii. 11, 14-.', pi. xii. — Sll.vw, /mil. VII, pi. 

 x.wi. — Wii.s. Am. Orii. pi. -wi, I'. 1, pi. xxxii, f. -J. — 1ami;s. O^"''^.* ^^'». "i"- I. 

 !5,i^ ,;()._l,i;s.s. Tr. Oiii. [>. !•.'>.-- I'.KNS. jjiud. '/.m,\. .s,„ . jl, vjl. ^.Sir.ni. .Mil, ii, 

 as. — Cirv. Vii'ti. .\iiiiii. ^(-(1. ii), 1, ;i'J2. --.I.viin. (\Vii.s.t Am. Dm. I, -JiJi! ; II, .-,1. - 

 l{i(ii. & Sw.viNs. I''. B. A. 111. xxiv. — \V.\iii,. Isis, l,s:il, TilT. IShnai'. Ann. I.yc 

 N. Y. II. 27; l.sis, \y.V2, liyn. — Viiai.i.. Kiic. MiHIi. Ill, 12.!4 (in luit). - - Aii>. liiias 

 .'.111. jil. <xlii ; Oni. liioj^. II, '2M<, pi. ixlii. — l'>i:i;w. (Wii.s.) .Synnp. p. (')S4 ; Am. 

 OiiKif^y, p. Iti, pi. xi, lif,'s. 1;! and l.'>i/. - Dk Kav, Znd. N. \. II, lii, pi. vii. I'. ICi. - 

 1'kah. IJii'ds Mass. Ill, li'.i. Nrri'. .Man. I, .'iS. 'J'/mniiini/iis s/mrri rii(.t, Vikii.i.. 

 Ois. Am. .Sept. jil.s. xii, xiii. - liinnc. I'roi'. /oiii. .Soc. )it. xi, loii. — (Iiiay, (icn. I!. 

 fill. s)!. 1(1 ; List liiit. I). Jlus. p. (id. Woonii. Sitgr. Kxji. Ziiiii & Coloiail. p. (iO. - 

 Cas.s, ri(>i-. Ai'. Xat. .Si', riiil. Ks.-i.-i, -278. r.iiils t'al. & Tex. ji. ii-> ; liinls X. Am. 

 18.VS, 13. -Hiiicw. r. \. X. S. 1870, 148. -.SiliicKt.. Orn. .Syn. I, ".)!», 18");".. (JdxIi- 

 III It ■yiiin-i n'li.-i, liiiNAi'. List I'inr. & X'. Am. W. p. f), 18;i8. /'iccilDnii,'! njidrirrian, 

 Kaii', .Monii^'. Kalr. Cdiit. Oni. l^od, 5;i. Tiiinuiuiilu.i phalwiiii, IjKsso.v, Mam. ft 

 d'Ois. 1.S17, 178 (San Bias ct AcMpulco). 



Rr. CiiAi:. .li/'(// (/,''/-■ (12,02.'i, Was1iiii,n|on, D. V. ■ \X. Wnllarc). Forrlicail, lati-ral and 

 poslciioi' rcMJdii.s 111' the viTtcx, drriput, and wiiij^s, li|iii.s|i-asl). X'ci'ti'X, iiapr, .si'apiihir.-i, 

 inti'i\sca]mlai\s, rninp, upper tail-cuvfi'ts, and tail, lino riniiunmn-i-nliins ; M'apular.i and 

 bixi'k barri'd willi lilack, tin? liiir.'! hi'Dadcst and nio.st cnnsiiirnons poslcrioilv. Tail tipped 

 with white, and with a liroad sharply deliiied .'inlitenniiial zone of lilaek. aliitiit one ini'h 

 in wiiltli; lateral li'alhei-, with (luler well ••iiid terminal hall' ol' inner, ashv-white, the 

 latter with one or two dislinrt li-ans\crse .spots anterior to the snhterniinal one. "\Vini,i-- 

 covert.s with more or less eonspieuons cordate .spots of lilaek, rather .sparsely distrihuti'd ; 

 brt.sal two-thirds of .seeondaries and whole of jiriniarie.s deeji hlaek; the latter whitish 

 aronnd the tonniiial niarfjiii and with nine transveise hands of white on iiniiM- weli of 

 lonife.st (second), the wliito rather excei -.iins,' the black, the points of which do not reach 

 the odiri' ol' the tisithcr; liniuL;' of the winj;- white with coiispiciioiis cordate .spots of 

 black. Fiont and suiiercili.ary reunion more hoary than the forehead, almost approachintr 

 white Wiiole lateral re;yiou of the head, with chin, thi'oat, and lower part.s, white ; the 



nee! -east, and sides, however, with a deep lMi,i;e of oehrai ns, the tint hardly iijiproai.'h- 



ilii,' tu ' ■ ''■ of color .seen on the najie. On llie head there are (considerinu; both sides) 

 seven black .spots; the llrst ori,L;inatin,i,' in li'ont of the bare anteorhilal .space (leavini; the 

 loriv. white), and cxleudin,^- in a stripe downwai'd across the maxilhe. foiniini,' a conspicu- 

 ou.s '' ninstache " ; the .second crosses the tip.s of the eur-coverts, in form of ■•in oliloiii^ 

 tr.-.nsvcr.se spot ; tlu^ third is smaller, .situated as far behind the last a.s thi.s. and i.s posterior 

 to the "mustache," cr(vssin,n- the side of the neck ; the la.st is an odd nuchal spot .separat- 

 iiiff the ash of the occiput ji'om the rufous of the nape. Breast and sides with circular 

 or cordati! .spots of pure black ; tliesc varyiiii; iu .si/e, but generally larirer on the sides. 

 Other lower parts immacnlale. Winn-l'oiimila, L' =- o - (, 1. Wiiijr, 7.10 : tail. -LHO; tar- 

 sus, L.'lli ; middle u»\ .1),'^; culmen. .1."). 



.!(//(// ./;')».(/,■ (I <^-.".l. Fort, .i!nil-er, Ft.ah ; ('. Drexler). lilue aliove lonfnicd (o the 

 liead, whiidi show . the rufous pati'li as in the male; cnliri' noper parts ruf , h/liler and 



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