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AMERICAN MERLIN. 



Falco Sparverius. F. ferrugineus, nigro subcaruleoque varius, 

 gula alba j femina feminam Tinnuncvli referente. 



ferruginous Hawk with black and blue-grey variegations and 

 white throat ; the female coloured like the female Kestril. 



Falco Sparverius. F. cera lutea, capite fusco, vertice abdomi- 

 neque rvbro, alls cxrulescentibus. Lin. Syst. Nat. (Mas.) 



F. cera pedibusque luteis, capite cinereo, corpore rvfo-vinaceo 

 nigro fasciato, subtus albido maculis ferrugineis, rectricibus 

 fasciis undecim nigris. Lath, ind, orn. (Fern.) 



Little Falcon. Catesb. Carol. I. pi. 5. 



Little Falcon. Lath. syn. 



Esmerillon de Cayenne. Buff. ois. PL Enl. 444, 



Falco Dominicensis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 



St. Domingo Falcon. Penn. Arct. Zool. 



Emerillon de St. Domingue. PI. Enl. 465. 



New York Merlin. Lath. syn. 



A most elegant species, greatly allied in general 

 appearance to the Kestril, but of considerably 

 smaller size, and the male of a more variegated 

 aspect, being of a fine deep ferruginous colour 

 above, somewhat paler or yellower beneath, with 

 a white throat, the back spotted with black, the 

 wing-coverts of a fine dove-colour or blue-grey 

 with black spots, the quill-feathers blackish, the 

 tail ferruginous with a black bar near the tip, and 

 the two exterior feathers white with black bars : 

 the head is dove-coloured in front and at the nape, 

 while beneath each eye is a descending black spot, 

 generally accompanied by two others at some dis- 

 tance beyond it on each side. The female has 

 the head coloured as in the male, but with the 



