FALCOXID^-TIIE FALUOXS. .„ . 



Species and Races. 



-""*^;i. "'"[;• "-^^-V'"' •'^"'"•■•^-^•««; culmo„,.80-1.00, ,a,.s„s, 

 -..'< -J..(; nu,l.ll..tne, 1.40-1.7O. Adult. Above clear n.sl, paler o„ iho 

 ""-1 -'1 ^I'uko.- on th. ,.„>.,, ; ihe. gonond .snrfh,.... with .uorc ,. iVss n,,,,,.! 

 a l-h. tr«„sver«o bars, o.- in.lioations of bars, of a pal... shacU, and wit), 'la.ke.. 

 « ..ft.s Lppur ta,l-eov..Hs MMrna-nla,.. whit... Tail .leop bla.lv, Ihdin,. into 

 FN- ,ray.sh-b,..nvn at th- ..,1, narrowly tipped with . 1, ite, and ....os.:.! by 

 o to Invo whUo bands Lowo.. parts, in..l„din, the tibia, axilla,., and 

 1. oat, re,., arly bane.l wuh deep ash an-l white, ,h.. two eolors about 

 uinaln. extent; ehn. and erissnn, innnaeulate white. yo,n<g. Above 

 bhu.k,sh-b..own, vanej^ated with pinkish-ochraeeons. Tail nndlr, tipped 

 V.UU pnd.,.sh-b,.own or dull whitish, and crossed bv si.x to seven na row 

 bands o lack. Beneath white, son.etin.es tinned' with oehraeeon." th' 

 breast abdotnen, and si,les with lon.dtu.linal t..ar-.shape.l .spots of black. 

 Adult. Lpper surfaue .listinctly barred, the lighter bars predon.i- 

 natn.g; the top of the head as distinctly barred as the lower part... 

 iouu^. 1 ibue innnaeulate white or pale oehraceous. Cul.nen, .80 -.90 

 Ilab. feouth Atneriea, lion. S. E. Bra.il and W. Ecuador, to Pananm.' 



^rf«?< Lpper surface only ob.soletely barred, or almo..t uniform ; the 



op of the head without any bars. Young. Tibiu. transversely barred 



V h dusky. Culmen, .7o - .80. Hub. Middle America, no th to the 



southern bonier of the United States; straying northward m the Mis- 



s.ss,pp. Valley, to SoHthcrn Illinois ..... var. ,>/«;;,•„<«. 



'Mm nitula var. nitul,c (Lat.,.). Falco nitidus, Lath. Ind. Or... I, 4.). -Daud - 



p. rfO.-tABAN. m ScuoMB. Guian. Ill, 737. - Pelz. On. Bias p 3 _ Se. * S w P 7 

 Ljc. VII, 316 D^^dalion n., Lkss. Tr. Orn. p. 65. Aslurina cincrca. V.ic.l Anal 24 



LrZ%?-yu '' '' •^"''- '''"'• '"■ '''' ■• «»^- °'^' !'•• -• - ^-^°"'- "i. 32 '3 7 

 In 172) l! 332 ' ' "■ ""'""■'"'" "' '^'^"- '''*"• ''™- '• ''■ ^^•'"'- ■"'•'''^"'"■'' *^'-- «*g- 



%cm<,«. r^f»».-«crf.- Philadelphia Academy, 8 ; New York Museum, 1 ; Cab. G N Law- 

 rence, 3 ; Boston Society, 4 (Brazil) ; Museum, Cambridge, 2 (Panama). Total 18 



Meas,,reinents.~S,x not indicated. Wing, 9.80-10.20 ; tail. 7.00-8.00 ; culmen, 80- 90 • 

 tarsus, 2.55-2.78; middle toe, 1.60-105. umc.i,.8u .»u, 



