200 CRIARt) FALCON. 



throat less white: in other respects it is similar 

 to the female Kestril. This beautiful species 

 inhabits various parts both of North and South 

 America, occurring, according to Pennant, from 

 Nova Scotia to the Antilles. It is a bird of an 

 active and spirited nature, and preys on small 

 birds, mice, lizards, and insects. 



CRIARD FALCON. 



Falco clamosus. F. griseus, alarum tectricibus nigris, subtus 



albus, orbitis rubris, palpebris ciliatis. 

 Grey Falcon, with black wlng^coverts, beneath white, with 



red orbits and ciliated eyelids. 

 Falco vociferus. F. pedibus flams, corpore cinereo-griseo subtus 



albo, tectricibus alarum minoribus majoribusque nigris. Lath. 



ind. em. 

 Criard Falcon. Lath. syn. 

 Petite Buse criarde. Sonner. voy. ind. 2. p. 184. 



Native of India, frequenting the coast of Coro* 

 mandel: size of a Wood-Pigeon: bill short: irides 

 and legs yellow: often seen in rice^fields, where it 

 feeds on frogs, &c. and when disturbed sets up a 

 loud cry. 



