$0i VIELLOTINE HAWK. 



and the legs yellow: it is a native of Malta, and, 

 according to Brisson, varies occasionally, in having 

 lance-shaped spots on the breast, and only four 

 bands across the tail, which, in the figure accom- 

 panying Monsieur Brisson's description, appears 

 to be crossed by five or six. 



VIELLOTINE HAWK. 



£"" Falco Viellotinus. T.ferrugineus, gula albida, pectore abdomine 

 femoribusque albo ferrugineoque striatis. 

 Ferruginous Hawk, with whitish throat; the breast, belly, 



and thighs marked by white and ferruginous stripes. 

 Le Petit Malfini. Sonnini Buff. 



Native of St. Domingo: length nine inches: 

 colour uniform ferruginous above j the throat 

 white, with a dusky streak down the shafts of the 

 feathers; the breast, belly, and thighs varied with 

 ferruginous and white bars. Described by Sonnini 

 from Monsieur Viellote, who discovered the spe=> 

 eies. The female has not been observed. 



