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STONE FALCON. 



Falco Lithofalco. F. cera lutea, corpore supra cinereo, sulfite 

 nifo maculis longitudinalibus fuscis, cauda cinerea, versus apkem 

 vigricante, apice alba. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 



Falcon with luteous cere, body grey above, beneath rufous 

 with longitudinal dusky spots, and cinereous tail black to- 

 wards the tip, which is white. 



F. Lithofalco. F. cera lutea, corpore fusco cinereo, subtus ru- 

 fescente striis Juscis, rectricibus apice nigricantibus albo termi- 

 natis, lateralibus nigrofasciatis. Lath. ind. orn. 



Stone-Falcon. Will. orn. Le Rochier. Buff. ois. PI. Enl. 

 447. 



This species, according to Monsieur Sonnini, is 

 rather smaller than the Kestril, measuring some- 

 thing more than twelve inches in length: the wings, 

 when closed, reach about three quarters the length 

 of the tail: the first feather of the wings is much 

 shorter than the second, which is the longest of all : 

 the feathers on the upper part of the head and 

 body, with the wing-coverts, are cinereous with 

 black shafts: between the nostrils and the eye- is 

 a slight mixture of reddish: the throat and lower 

 part of the neck are white with black shafts: the 

 upper part of the' neck, the breast, belly, sides, 

 thighs, and lower tail-coverts are brown with black 

 shafts; the larger wing-feathers are brown, barred 

 transversly on their inner webs with white, except 

 the first,- which is barred on both sides : the smaller 

 wing-feathers are cinereous, barred internally with 

 white : the tail cinereous, but blackish towards the 

 encb tipped *with white* and marked by a few 



