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work. It seems to have been first mentioned by 

 Albertus Magnus, and from him recorded by Gesner 

 and Aldrovandus, which latter author however 

 makes no mention of the stellated spots particu- 

 larized by Monsieur Brisson. In its general size 

 and appearance it is said by Brisson to resemble 

 the Peregrine Falcon, and to be blackish above, 

 and starred with spots, but of what colour we are 

 not informed : beneath black and white : the irides 

 gold-coloured, and the legs blue. 



SURINAM FALCON. 



, Falco Sufflator. F. cera pcdibusque luteis, corpore fusco albido, 



ocutorum operculis osseis. Lm. Syst. Nat. 

 Falcon with yellow cere and legs, body varied with brown and 



white, the eyes furnished with bony opercula. 

 Surinam Falcon. Lath. syn. 



Linnaeus seems to have described this bird from 

 Rolander, one of his pupils, who travelled in South 

 America. He informs us that the body is brown 

 above, with the feathers white at their base; and 

 beneath luteous, spotted with brown and white ; 

 that the nostrils are separated by an intervening 

 fleshy lobe; and that, when alarmed, or angry, it 

 inflates the head to the size of the body. The 

 above description seems to want confirmation, and 

 no bird properly answering to the Linnaean cha- 

 racters appears to be at present known. A bird 

 however which Mr. Latham examined in a collec- 



