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LEVERIAN FALCON* 



Falco Leverianus. F. supra fuscus albo maculatus, capite albo 



taenia utrinque fusca, subtus albus cauda albo fasciata. 

 Falcon with the body brown above spotted with white, the 



head white with a brown stripe on each side; the under 



parts white, and the tail barred with white. 

 Falco Leverianus. Lath. ind. orn. Leverian Falcon. Lath. 



syn. svppl. 

 Leverian Falcon. Penn. Arct. Zool. 



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 Described by Mr. Pennant. Size of a Buzzard : 



bill dusky, and greatly hooked: head striped with 



brown and white: upper part of the body and 



wings deep brown 3 each feather elegantly marked 



at the end with a large white spot : the whole 



under side of the body white s the outmost feathers 



of the tail marked with nine white, and the same 



number of dusky bars: middle feathers with dusky 



and cinereous : the wings extend beyond the end 



of the tail: legs strong and yellow. Native of 



Carolina, from whence it was sent to Sir Ashton 



Lever. * 



