FALCONID.E — THE FALCONS. 



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obscm-p, except on inner we1)s. On the top of the head, the (hisky is more confined to a 

 medial stripe. Pectoral sjwts smaller, less eonspienous. Under snrl'ae(> of primaries more 

 mottled with grayish. Wing-formula, 3, 2-4 - 1, 5. Wing, 20.50 ; tail, 'J.lu ; culmen, 

 1..35; tarsus, 2.1.5 ; middle toe, 1.70. 





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Panfiioii caroUnensia. 



Had. Whole of North America, south to Panama ; N. Brazil ; Trinidad, Cnba, and 

 other West India Isl.ands. 



Localities: Belize (Sci.. Ibis, I, 215); Cnba (Cap. Tonrn. II, Ixxx, ne.sts ; GrNni.. 

 Repert. Sept. 18G5, 1, 222) ; Bahamas (Bryant, Pr.Eost. Soo, VII, 1859) ; Panama (Lavvu. 

 YIII, G3) ; Trinidad (Taylor, Ibis. 186G, 79) ; Arizona (Couf:?, Pr. A. N. S. 1860, 49) ; 

 N. Brazil (Pelz. Orn. Bras. I, 4). 



In eiglit out of twelve North American adult specimens, tliere is but the 

 sliglitest amount of spotting on the breast ; in two of these (4,306, Puget 

 Sound, and 12,014, Oregon), none whatever; in 17,228 (<?, Cape St. Lucas), 

 2,512 ((? S. R B. Carlisle, Pa.), :?4,0G5 (9, Realejo, Central America), and 

 5,837 (Fort Steilacoom), there is just a trace of these spots. 



The specimens described are tliose having the breast most distinctly- 

 spotted. Specimens vary, in length of wing, from 17.50 to 20.50. There 

 appears to be no sexual difference in size. 



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