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FALCO MELANOLEUCOS. 

 BLACK AND WHITE FALCON. 



F. Mclanoleucos, Gmeltn. Lin. i. 274. Latham-, i. 81. 

 Index Ornith. i. 36. 



INHABITS Ceylon: Its leagth is fixteen Inches, its Black and 

 . , , , White Falcoi 



v/eignt about ten ounces. 



The bill is black : the irides of a reddifli yellow: the 

 orbits marked with white fpecks. The head, neck, back, 

 fcapulars, quil-feathers, and {ovat of the middle coverts of 

 the wings, are black ; the refl of the coverts, thofe of the 

 tail, the tail Itfelf, the breail and belly, are of a pure 

 white. 



This fpecies is called in the Cingakfe, Kaloe Koeroel" 

 goya. We are uncertain whether it is trained for the 

 amufement of falconry, as fome other kinds are,- by the 

 natives of Ceylon. 



THE tree is the Vidara of Rumphius, ii. 17. tab. 36. Rhamk-us 

 the Rhamnus jujuba, Sp. PL 282. Fl. Zeyl. N° 89. It ^"J"«*- 



bears an eatable fruit, of very little flavor. 



F IIL OTUS. 



