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AXILLARY FALCON. 



Falco axillaris. F. ccendescens, subtus albidus t remigibus, super* 



ciliis plagaque axillari nigris. 

 Caerulescent Falcon, whitish beneath, with black quill-feathers, 



eyebrows, and axillary patch. 

 Axillary Falcon. Lath. Suppl. 2. p. 42. 



Allied to the Hen-Harrier, but does not appear 

 to be furnished with the wreath of stiffish feathers 

 so remarkable in that bird. Native of New Hol- 

 land. 



JACKAL FALCON. 



Falco Jackal. F. nigricans, subtus albo varius, pectore caudaqut 



brevi ritfis. Lath. Suppl. ind, orn. 

 Blackish Falcon, variegated beneath with white, with the breast 



and short tail rufous. 

 Falco Jackal. Daudin. orn. 2. p. l(5l. 

 Le llounoir. Levaill. ois. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope: size of a 

 Buzzard, but thicker bodied, and with a shorter 

 tail in proportion, which is of a deep rufous colour, 

 with a black spot near the tip of each feather. At 

 the Cape it is named the Jackal-Bird, on account 

 of its note, which is said to resemble the cry of that 

 animal. It builds among thick trees in the neigh- 

 bourhood of houses, and preys on various kinds of 

 vermin* 



