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TACHIRO FALCON, 



Falco Tachiro. Falco fuscus, subtus albus maculis lunatis, rec~ 



tricibus fasciatis. Lath. ind. orn. suppl. 

 Brown Falcon, white beneath with lunated brown spots, and 



fasciated tail. 

 Speckled Sparrow-Hawk. Lath. syn. 



Nearly the size of a Goshawk : head and neck 

 varied with white: wing-feathers white at the tips: 

 tail longish, brown, with deeper bands: bill blue- 

 ish: irides and legs yellow. Inhabits the deep 

 forests of Africa, and is figured and described 

 by Monsieur Levaillant under the name of Le 

 Tachiro, 



TACHARD FALCON. 



Falco Tachardus. F. fuscus, subtus Jlavescens fusco varius, cauda 



fasciatu, tibiis maculatis. Lath. ind. orn. suppl. 

 Brown Falcon, yellowish beneath with brown variegations, 



fasciated tail, and spotted thighs. 

 Tachard Falcon. Lath, suppl. 2. Le Tachard. Levaill. ois. 



Habit of a Buzzard, but smaller: tail longish, 

 brown, with blackish bars : legs red : thighs well 

 plumed. Native of Africa, frequenting the banks 

 of rivers. 



