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PURPLE-THROATED FALCON. 



Fa]co formosus. F. m'gro-coer •uleus, gula purpurea^ femoribus 



crissoque albo-purpurasceniibus. 

 Blackish-blue Falcon, with purple throat, and purplish white 



thighs and vent. 

 Falco cera orbitis pedibu&que luleis, jitguh purpurea, corporc 



supra ccerulescente-rubro, abdomine incarnato. Lath. ind. orrt. 

 Falco aquilinus. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 Eed-Throated Falcon. Lath. syn. 

 Petit Aigle d'Amerique. Buff, ois, 1. p. 142. PL Enl. 41 7. 



Native of South America : cere, orbits, and legs 

 yellow: i rides orange-coloured: length from six- 

 teen to eighteen inches. First described by Buffon, 

 who seems to have been unacquainted with any 

 particulars relative to its habits or history. 



NEW-ZEALAND FALCON. 



Falco Novae Zelandias. F. ferrugineo-fuscus, subtus albido 

 longitudinaliter striatus, rostro subcceruleo vulturino, colli 

 pennis laxis. 



Ferruginous brown Falcon, beneath striated longitudinally 

 with whitish 5 the beak blueish and vulturine., and the fea- 

 thers of the neck loose. 



New Zealand Falcon. Lath. syn. 



Male eighteen inches long: female twenty- 

 three: cere and legs yellow: tail crossed by 

 subluteous bands; and sometimes by whitish ones. 

 Native of New Zealand. 



