158 FISHING FALCON". 



though of a somewhat more slender shape. It 

 builds among rocks, forming its nest in a careless 

 manner of moss and leaves. 



FISHING FALCON. 



Falco Piscator. F. subcristatus, capiteferrugineo, corpore chiereo, 



pennis marginefuscis, subtus lutescente maculis longitudinalibus 



fuscis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Subcristated Falcon, with ferruginous head, cinereous body 



with the feathers brown on the edges, beneath subluteous 



with longitudinal brown spots. 

 Le Faucon Pecheur de Senegal, ou Le Tanas. Buff. ois. 

 Fishing Falcon. Lath. syn. 



Native of Senegal, where it is known by the 

 name of Tanas. Size rather less than that of the 

 common Falcon: manners similar to those of the 

 Osprey, feeding principally on fish. 



