FALCONID.E — THE FALCONS. 21;") 



k Sw.uNs. Fnun. Hni. Am. \>]. x\i\, ls;Jl.— Aun. S\niop. y. 10, 183lt. - lliii;w. 

 (WiLs.^ X. Am. Orn. Syn. il8:., ISiVi. — Pkau. U. S. K.xiil. Kxp. {>. 63, 184.S. - Wi.odii. 

 ill Sit^'i-. l!.-!,'!, Kxp. Ziitii >V lulomJ. \<. CI, 18.".:?. — Xirr. .M;iii. Orn. V. S. k Ciiii. p. 

 lOU, 1S33. - UiiiAii). 15. Lung l»ra, p. -.il. lS-44. — Ubav, List B. brit. Mils. p. 78, 

 1844. 



Sp. CiiAii. .!'/'(// iiifile (l(i,7(i4, Wa-shinRton. D. C, December). TTiwl, ncrk, lireast, 

 and uppurpart.-i liu'ht ciiuMOdus, pulust aiituriorly whore it is uiiintorniptudly coiilinuous; 

 occiput soiiicwlial darker, witli a transverse series ol' lon;.'itildinttl dashes ol' wliile, .some- 

 what tinged with reddisii. IJack, scapulars, and teruiiual third of secondaries, with a 

 dusUy wash, ihe latter liidini.' at tips ; live, outer primaries nearly lilack. somewhat hoary 

 on outer wel>s beyond their einargination ; lesser wnif^-covcrts faintly mottled with paler, 

 or with obsolete dusky spots. Upper tail-eovcrts innnaculate pure white. Tail bluish- 

 cinereous, mottled with while toward base ; cros.scd near the end with a distinct l)and of 

 black, and with al)oul live narrower, very olismnvly indicated ones anterior to this; tip 

 beyond the sulitermiual zone fadinfr terminally into whitish. Whole under side of wiu;jc 

 (except terminal thii'd or UKjre of primaries) pure white ; innnaculate, exeeiitiuf; a lew 

 scattered transverse dusky spots on larjj;er coverts. Rest of un(ter parts ])iire white 

 everywhere, with rather sparse transverse cordate spots of rufou.s. Winir, 14.00; tail, 

 9.20; tarsus, 'J.Stt; middle toe, 1.30. Third and fourth i|uills e(pial, and lon^'est ; second 

 intermediate between fifth an<l sixth ; tirst 5.81 inches .shorter than longest. 



Another specimen di Hers as follows: The fine eiiiereous above is replaced by a darker 

 and more 1)rownish .shade of the same, the head and breast nuich tinged with rusty. 

 Tail much darker, tin; last black band twice as broad and near the tip; other baiiils more 

 numerous (seven instead of five), and although still very obscure on middle fijathers are 

 better delined than in the one described ; iimer webs of tail-feathers (esjieeially the outer 

 ones) tinged with creaui-color ; white of lower (yarts tinged with rutoiis; the <leep rufous 

 transverse bars on the breast anil sides broader, larger, and more numerous than in Xo. 

 16,764:; abdomen and tibiie with numerous smaller cordate spots of rufous; lower tail- 

 coverts with large cordate spots of the same, and a deep stain of ])aler rufous; lining of 

 wings more variegated. Wing, 14.10; tail, 9.00; tarsu.s, 2.90; middle toe, l.:iO. 



Adult femiih (I(i,7r)8, Hudson's Bay Territory ; Captain Blakiston). Umber-brown 

 above ; feathers of the head and neck edged laterally with pale rufous ; lores, and supercil- 

 iary and suborbital stripes dull yellowish-white, leaving a du.sky stripe between them, 

 running back from thi; posterior angle of the eye. Lesser wing-coverts sitattered with pale 

 rufous, this irregularly bordering and indenting the feathers; feathers of the rump 

 bordered with dull ferruginous. Tail deep umber, faintly fading at the ti]), and crossed by 

 six or seven very regular, sharply delined, but obscure, bands of l>lackish ; the alternating 

 light bars become paler and more rufous toward the edge of the tail, the lateral feathers 

 being almost wholly pale eieam-eolor or ochraceous, darker terminally ; this tint is more 

 or less prevalent on the inner webs of nearly all the feathers. Ear-coverts dull dark 

 rufous, obsoletely streaked with dark brown; the feathers of the facial disk are line pale 

 cream-color, each with a midiUe stripe of dark brown ; throat and chin iinmaeulate dirty- 

 white, like the supraorbital and suborbital stripes. Beneath dull white, with ninneroiis 

 broad longitudinal stripes of umber-brown ; these broadest on the breast, growing gradu- 

 ally smaller posteriorly. Under surface of primaries dull white, crossed at wide intervals 

 with dark-brown irregular bars, of which there are five (besides the terminal dark space) 

 on the longest quill. 



Jiiv. {$, 1.5,58o, Bridger's Pass, Rocky Mountains, August; W. S.Wood). Upper 

 parts very dark rich clove-brown, approaching sepia-black ; feathers ol' the head bordered 

 with deep ferruginous, and les.ser wing-coverts much spotted with the same, the edges of 

 the feathers being broadly of this color ; secondaries and inner primaries fading terminally 



