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MADAGASCAR FALCON. 



Falco Madagascariensis. F. canus, supra nigro maculatus, sub- 

 tus striatus, gents nudis, Cauda nigra fascia media alba. 



Grey Falcon, above spotted, beneath barred with black, with 

 naked cheeks, and black tail with a white middle bar. 



L'Autour a ventre raye" de Madagascar. Sonncrat, Voy. Lid. 

 2. pi. 103. 



Size of a common Pheasant: bill black; legs 

 yellow: larger wing-feathers white halfway, with 

 oblique black bands; the tips black. Native of 

 Madagascar, where it was observed by Sonnerat. 



RHOMBEATED FALCON. 



Falco rhombeatus. F. supra griseus nigro fasciatus, capite nigra, 

 subtus subferrugineus, inaculis rhombeatis nigris, cauda, fasciis 

 obliquis. 



Falcon with black head, upper parts grey barred with black, 

 lower parts pale ferruginous with rhombic black spots, and 

 tail crossed by oblique black bars. 



Falco rhombeus. F. pedibus Jlavicantibus, supra griseus subtus 

 fuscus maculis rhombeis, rectricibus fasciis undecim obliquis 

 nigris. Lath.ind. orn. Rhomboidal Falcon. Lath, suppl. 



Native of India, frequenting the borders of the 

 Ganges: length nineteen inches. 



