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BUZZARET FALCON. 



Falco Buzarellus. F. fasciatus, supra rufo-fuscus, subtus fla» 

 Descents, remigibus nigris. Lath. ind. orn. suppl. 



Fasciated Falcon., above rufous-brown, beneath yellowish, with 

 black wing-feathers. 



JSuzzaret. Lath. syn. suppl t 2. Le Buseray. Levaill. ois. 



Size of the Moor-Buzzard : head and neck ru- 

 fous white, varied with brown : back and wings 

 rufous, spotted or streaked with black in a fasciated 

 manner: tail barred with similar colours: wings, 

 when closed, reach to the end of the tail. In- 

 habits Cayenne, and may perhaps be the species 

 mentioned by Monsieur Mauduit in the Encyclo- 

 pedic Methodique under the name of Busard 

 foux de Cayenne. 



BRISSONIAN HAWK, 



Falco Brissonianus. F. fuscus rvfo varius, subtus albus striis 

 subferrugineis transversis, cauda nigro fasciata. 



Brown Hawk with rufous variegations, beneath white with 

 transverse subferruginous streaks, and tail barred with black. 



Falco minutus. F. cera fusca, pedibus luteis, corpore subtus 

 albo, rectricibus fuscis nigro Jasciatis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 



Accipiter minor. Briss. av. Falco minutus. Lath. ind. orn. 



Described by Brissonj who says it is smaller 

 than the Merlin, measuring only eleven inches and 

 three quarters: the bill is black, the cere brown. 



