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MARITIME FALCON. 



Falco maritimus. jF. cera pedibitsque flams, corf ore caudcequc 

 apice albo, cruribus colore ex rvbicundo et albo misto. Lath, 

 ind, orn. 



Falcon with yellow cere and legs, body and tip of the tail white, 

 and legs of a mixed reddish and whitish colour. 



Native of Java, frequenting the sea coasts: 

 length seventeen inches ; breadth four feet: bill, 

 as well as cere, yellow. 



BACHA FALCON. 



Falco Bacha. F. nigricans, subtus humerisque albo maculatis, 

 crista occipitali nigra albofasciata, cauda fascia alba. 



Blackish Falcon, with the under parts and shoulders spotted 

 with white, an occipital black crest banded with white, and, 

 a white bar across the tail. 



Le Bacha. Levaill. Ois. Afr. pi. 15. 



Native of the interior of Africa, frequenting 

 barren and rocky places, and preying chiefly on 

 the Cape Cavy or Klipdas* of the Dutch, which it 

 watches with incessant assiduity, and springs upon 

 it the instant it emerges from its retreat in the 

 rock. It is a solitary species, except during the 

 breeding season, and in size resembles the Buzzard, 



* Hyrax Capensis or Cape Hyrax. General Zoology. Vol. 1 . 

 p. 217. 



