I 002. 1 oB;i;o(/>f;y or riu: ka;/ o.'.jiokmch. .'507 



thf! f/coxirrutl \>()yi\i-r <)i' iJii.-', tfiuin/lfi in fj<;r;pjy }iollow<;'l. In 

 AccipiMr i\u' (liHl^l \)()V(\(;r U:rtii}i)ii.U:H abruptly, TJifc fXM^/;ral 

 cr(*<t in vfjry lon^, oxtonrlw far rlovvrj thf; H})iift, and iw Hcwiicircular 

 i'ath<;i' tiian tnangular. 



The; r<;l;i,tivo jiff^iKnlioriK of tiio arrn, ioif^iinn, and r/iantw vary. 

 GerU5r;i,l]y tlio rnanuH i'h tiio .shof-t/^Ht H<;grn<!f)t, and fix; i' on una tho 

 ]ong<Ht. In FahwiAwn and JCI/m/aH, for dXiunpU;, tha inanuH i'h 

 t/lio long<«t and tho hurnoruH tlxj nhoi-iA^Ht. iint tii«j fo)' ;i.rrn i'h 

 always longor than tfio hurnoruH. 



Thf; ff/reo/rm, hm a rule, whovvH oriJy faint trux-^^ of tu\xircMiH 

 jfiarking tho att^xihrncnt of tfx; fjiiill-ff-atfierH. Jn Catharl4ft, 

 how(!Vf;r, tfiOHe tub<;rf;l(;H are very Htrongly dovelopf'-^l, tlniH r<^ 

 CJtllirig tlir; ulna of the (^ic/min:. 'Vhd rodiuH of the VuicoiiiiovnUiH 

 in irioro neaj-ly cylindric-^il than in the Oru<«. 



'I'h(; WMMUH, an we have aht^ady re,rnark<;<], rnay >><; longer tfian 

 th(! hianeruH, it never <;KCAi<i<]H tfie forearm. 1'he third rnet^u^u-pal 

 iH slender, Ijit/jrally fx>rnpreHHwl, and, wave in >Serpento/rm/t, in 

 att.}u;fiod only by its extr(;infc proximal and diKf-aJ endH, 1'he 

 mamiH rnay on this 'rU-A-xmut be more or leHH rf;a/lily di.Htingui.shed 

 frf)rn that of tlio (Jicyoum or th<; OrueH, In the ifihiu)H:vH f/f U^th 

 thene groups tfie prf>ximal «;nd f (JHf*< with the Hcx-Mrid waUu-Mim.] 

 distjwl of a line drawn tranHveisely througli the mebu;{i.rpuH at 

 the level of the articulation for tlie polhjx, llie disf^.l end of 

 inet>}W").rjKt,l JIJ. in the Fh]c/)nii'(>i-i{i(^, S'erpento/rme exceptf^l, 

 r(»<embles that of the (jiconhf., and dirt'ei-s, like the latter, from 

 that of the (ii'uidffi and iS'erptinfMrius, wherein the int<jr- 

 ja(5txU;ari)al space is lessened hy the rh;j^K;sition of Ujny tis.Hue. 

 Jt is extremely difficidt to distinguish the manus of the smaller 

 Accipitir-H from that of the .Str-iges of similar size. P<nhn.[rH the 

 only character- wliich will hold gfKxl for a large w;;aes of c/Mn- 

 |)a,risons in that afforded by the point of fusion of tJie proximal 

 end of inetafjaipal III. In the Owls this take-H yAiusd dista/1 of a 

 line drawn through the met^icar-pus at the articulation for the 

 pollex, a« in the Cirxjnia; and Grues. 



Tfie phalange>i rlo not caJl for any spw;ial c<^>mment. The pollex 

 bears a small claw. Tlie prjst^ixial boi-der of the only phalanx of 

 digit III. has the middle of the jK/st^.xial Wder iai.s<;d into a 

 siruiU tubercle. 



viii. Tjik PEI.VIC Limb. 



The pelvic limb in all the Falcon if or-mew, save S'erpentarius, in 

 shor-ter than the \)(A:U)rn]. But wliilst, as in Polyhvro'i/hH, the two 

 lirrdjs are nf^rly (;/pial in length, in SerptinUj/riuH the difference is 

 very cy^nsiderable. 



Tlie femur, in all, is pneumatic, a pneumatic foramen opening 

 on the dorsal aspw;t of the femur, mesia/1 of the ba.se of the gr-eat 

 trochanter — a-s in the Ciconi;e. The p<^jpliteal fos.sa Ls but feebly 

 developer]. The shaft is mwlerately long, and cylindrical. 



The tUdo-to/rsas is in all more or less dorso-ventiaUy depresfced, 



