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CAYENNE FALCON. 



Falco Cayanensis. F. albido-ccerulescens, alis caudaque plumbeis 



nigro fasciatis. 

 Blueish-White Falcon, with the wings and tail lead-coloured 



barred with black. 

 Falco Cayanensis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 Cayenne Falcon. Lath. syn. 

 Petit Autour de Cayenne. Buff. ois. I. p. 23?. PI. Enl. 473. 



Described by the Count de Buffon, who how- 

 ever does not mention its exact size, but contents 

 himself with calling it a small Cayenne Goshawk. 

 From the figure referred to in the Planches En- 

 luminees it appears to be of a stout habit, not ill 

 resembling that of the Peregrine Falcon, and with 

 blue or rather lead-coloured legs and feet. Native 

 of Cayenne. 



LONG-TAILED FALCON. 



Falco macroums. F. rufo-cinereus, subtus albus, cauda longa 



fuscofasciata. 

 Eufo-cinereous Falcon, white beneath, with long tail barred 



with brown. 

 Falco macrourus. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 Accipiter macrourus. Nov. Comm. Petrop. 15. p. 439. 

 Long-Tailed Falcon. Lath. syn. 



Length above eighteen inches: breadth nearly 

 two feet : bill green at the base, and black at the 



