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(LERULESCENT HAWK. 



Falco cserulescens. F. nigro-coendescens, sublux luteus, genis 

 albis macula descendente nigra, remigibus rectricibusque intus 

 albo-fasciatis. 



Blueish-Black Hawk, luteous beneath, with white cheeks 

 marked by a descending black spot; the quill and tail- 

 feathers barred internally with white. 



The little black and orange-coloured Indian Hawk. Edw. 

 pi. 108. 



Falco ccerulescens. F. cera palpebris pedibus subtusque luteus, 

 temporibus linea alba inclusis. Lin. Si/st. Nat. 



Bengal Falcon. Lath, syn, 



This very small and elegant species was first 

 described by Edwards under the title of the Little 

 black and orange- coloured Indian Hawk. The in- 

 dividual which he has figured seems to have been 

 a female bird 3 and appears to measure about six 

 inches in length : its colour on the upper parts is 

 an elegant glossy blue-black, and on the under 

 parts bright orange-yellow : the orbits of the eyes 

 are bare and yellow; the forehead and sides of the 

 head white; and from each eye downwards runs 

 a long black spot or streak, as in several of the 

 Falcon tribe : the tail-feathers are crossed on their 

 inner webs by several white bars : the bill is blue, 

 and furnished with a strong tooth or process on 

 each side the upper mandible : the cere and legs 

 are yellow, and it is observable that the latter are 

 very strong, rather short, and that the proportions 



