FALCO LIMN^ETUS. 



Oed. I" Les biSEAUX DE Proie, Cuvicr. 1" Famille. Les Diurnes. 



■ 2^^ Division. Les Faucons. 

 Ord. I" Rapaces, Temminck. 

 Ord. I. AcciPiTRES, Lann. Syst. 

 Ord. III. Raptatores, Illiger. Fam. 18, Accipitrini. 



FALCO, Linn. Lath. Cuv. Temm. Illig. 



Char. gen. — Rostrum mediocre crassiusculum, aduncum, compressum, basi ceri- 



gerum, tomiis maxillaribus saepius dentigeris. 

 Nares laterales, ad marginem anticum ceromatis site, rotundatse, patulee, aperte. 



Lingua cartilaginea, apice acuta saspius fissa. 

 Caput plumis densis tectum. 

 Pedes mediocres, validi, insidentes, saspius hirsuti aut semihirsuti. Tarsus digito 



medio longior. Acrotarsia aut scutulata, aut clypeata, aut reticulata. Acro- 



dactyla scutulata. Ungues validi, incurvi, acutissimi. Pelma torulosum sca- 



brum. Illiger. 



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Falco fuscus, cauda subtus praeter apicem albido-cinerea, tarsis usque ad extremi- 



tatem dense plumosis. 

 Wuru-rawa, of the Javanese. 

 Falco Limngeetus, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Java, Linn. Trans. 



Vol. XIIL p. 138. 

 Autour Unicolore, Nouveau Recueil de PL coloriees d'oiseaux, ^c. par C. J. Temminck 



et M. Laugier, <|c. &f:. S^c. 23 Livr. PI. 134, Male adulte. 

 Lake Falcon, Gen. Hist of Birds by J. Latham, M. D. Second Edition, 1821, 



Vol. L p. 164, n. 89. 



The Falco Limnaeetus is fuU two feet in length. The bUl is shorter than the 

 head, strongly compressed, and regularly curved from the base to the apex, which 



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