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LURID FALCON. 



Faico discolor. F. griseo-nigrkans, subtus ferrugineus, tectrici' 

 bus inferioribus alarum fy caudce albis. Lath, suppl. ind. orn. 



Blackish-grey Falcon, beneath ferruginous, with the under 

 wing and tail-coverts white. 



Rusty and grey Falcon. Lath, suppl. 2. 



Mentioned by Mr. Latham from a description 

 given in the Transactions of the Natural History 

 Society of Paris : size not particularized : native of 

 Cayenne. 



SONNINIS FALCON. 



Falco Sonninensis. F. cauda subforcipata, corpore cinereo subtus 



albo, tibiis phimosis. Lath, suppl. ind. orn. 

 Falcon with subforcipated tail, cinereous body white beneath, 



and plumed legs. 



Length about a foot: bill very hooked, and an 

 inch long: cere and legs yellow: tail scarce per- 

 ceptibly forked unless when expanded. Native of 

 Egypt, where, according to Monsieur Sonnini, it 

 is common, hovering about over the rice-fields in 

 the manner of a Kestril. 



