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RUFOUS-HEADED FALCON. 



Falco meridionalis. F. cera gulaque luteis , capite colloque rvfis 

 fusco nigrove striatis, abdomine albido fasciolis cinereis, rectrici- 

 bus quatuor intermediis fascia unica, lateralibus sex pallidis, 

 Lath. ind. orn. 



Falcon with luteous cere and throat, rufous head and neck 

 with black or brown streaks, white belly with ash-coloured 

 bars, the two middle tail-feathers marked by a single and the 

 side ones by six pale bands. 



Falco meridionalis. Lath. ind. orn. 



Rufous-Headed Falcon. Lath. syn. 



Native of Cayenne: scapulars ash-coloured 

 barred with brown : quills cream-colour, barred 

 with narrow black lines : length nineteen inches. 



FORSKAHL S FALCON. 



Falco Forskahlii. Falco cera pedibusque semilanatis flavis, supra 

 cinereus subtus ferruginous, alis supra fuscis, cauda forficata 

 fusco-fasciata longitudine corporis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 



Falcon with cere and half-feathered legs yellow, above cinere- 

 ous, beneath ferruginous, the wings brown above, the tail 

 forked, of the length of the body, and banded with brown. 



Falco aegyptius. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 



Falco cinereo-ferrugineus. Forsk. F. Arab. 



Native of Egypt, where it is said to be very 

 common in summer : size somewhat smaller than 

 a common Kite: length eighteen inches. By an 

 oversight, yery pardonable in arranging this nu- 



