Australian Birds in the Collection of the Linnean Society. 18;î 



witnessed it in the act of darting at a Blue Mountain Parrot, 

 which was suspended in a cage from tlie bough of a mulberry- 

 tree within a couple of yards of my door. — The i rides are yellow. 

 The length of the male is 12^ inches, of the female, 14^." 



* Subfam. Falconina. 



Genus. Falco. Linn, et Auct. 



1. Peuegrinus. F. cerd pedibusque luteis, corpore supra cinereo 



fusco-fasciato, subtus ex rufo albo ; tccniis postocularibus ni- 



gris, Cauda albo-punctatâ. 

 Falco peregrinus. Raii Si/n. Av. p. 13. no. 1. 

 Le Lanier. PI. Enl. 430. 

 Le Faucon. lb. 42 1 . 

 Peregrine Falcon. Selbi/, III. of Brit. Orn. pi. 15. 



Upon a minute comparison of the specimen before us in the 

 Society's collection, which is in a fine state of preservation, with 

 some European specimens of this species, we can discover no 

 material difi'erence between them. The native name of this 

 bird is ÎVolga. The eyes, Mr. Caley observes, are of a blueish 

 black ; the irides having a faint shade of hazel-brown in a strong 

 light. 



2. Cenciiroides. F. supcrnê rufus, subtus albidus, pterornati- 



bus remigibusqve nigris, rectricibus pallidt cineraceis, fascia 

 nigra lata prope apiceni album. 



Fœm. F. supernc rufa, subtus albida, pteromatibus rcmigibusque 

 fuscis, rectricibus rufis graciliter fuscofasciatis, fascia lata 

 fused prope apiceni album. 



Caput rufum, nigro-lineatum. Dorsum scapularesqne rufa? ni- 

 gro parce notata?. Tectrices, maris nigrœ, fœminae fuscte, 

 rufo-maculata; ; inferiores albte. Gula femorac[\xe alba?. 



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