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toe much shorter than the outer. Tarsus feathered beyond the 

 knee. First quill longer than the third : inner wing covers 

 black, with white spots. Tail short, even : quills and tail 

 internally barred, with isolated white lines. 



177. Falco longipennis. 



Above : cinereous brown : crown, sides of the head : 

 and ears, blackish : beneath, rufous white, striped and 

 spotted with grey : wings as long as the tail : the latter 

 with rufous bands on the inner web. 



Inhabits Tasmania. Mus. Nost. 



Size of the 7u?s^n'/. Total length hardly 12 inches; wings 

 9; nearly even with the tail; tarsus If^; middle toe and 

 claw Ij-; outer ditto If^; inner much shorter; tail, base 5. 

 First quill nearly equal to the third; the second longest. Inner 

 wing covers grey, varied and spotted with pale rufous ; quills, 

 internally banded like the tail with pale rufous : chin and 

 throat cream colour : the first quill only is emarginate on the 

 inner web : front, lores, and base of the maxillary stripe, 

 white. 



178. Falco macropus. 



Above, cinereous black, immaculate j beneath, ful- 

 vous white, striped with blackish : wings as long as 

 the tail : feet very large : middle toe and claw much 

 longer than the tarsus. 



Inhabits Tasmania. Discovered by T. Winter, Esq., 

 Mus. Nost. 



Form and structure of F. cvcvllahis. Total length near 1 6 

 inches; wings 12|; tail, base 7; tarsus 1^^; middle toe 2; 

 the claw ^ ; total 2-^. A perfectly adult bird. The stripes 

 beneath are dark and well defined ; and there is no detached 

 maxillary stripe. The ground of the under plumage is cream- 

 colour : the inner covers with broad transverse bands, leaving 

 cream-coloured spots between : the bill and feet are very large -. 

 the tail short, and nearly even. 



180. Malaconotus leucotis. 



Above, olive green ; beneath, and stripe over the eye, 

 yellow : crown, and two stripes on each side of the 

 head, cinereous : stripe on the ears white. 



Inhabits Africa.^ Mus. Nost. 

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