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BOOTED FALCON. 



Falco pennatus. F. cera pedibusque pennatis luteis, corpore 

 nigricante griseo vario, suhtus luteo-fusco, capile pallida, su- 

 perciliis nigris. Lath. i?id. orn. 



Falcon with the cere and feathered legs yellow, the body above 

 blackish varied with grey, beneath luteous-brown, the head 

 pale, with a black superciliary streak on each side. 



Falco pennatus. Briss. append. Lin. Gmel. Lath. ind. orn. 



Described by Brisson. Size of a Jerfaicon: 

 length one foot seven inches and a quarter: cere 

 and toes yellow : parts above blackish brown with 

 a cast of violet, and variegated with dull grey: 

 beneath yellow-brown, with longitudinal blackish 

 lines: head and upper part of the neck fulvous- 

 grey with similar lines: over the eyes a black 

 stripe : tail brown, growing blackish towards the 

 tip, which is grey, marked with whitish spots on 

 each side : legs feathered to the toes. Described 

 from a preserved specimen. Native region un- 

 known. 



