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of the whole bird are somewhat like those of an 

 Eagle in miniature. The male differs in being 

 still smaller than the female, and in being white 

 beneath, with a tinge of yellow-ferruginous on the 

 abdomen : above and beneath each eye is a white 

 stripe, as in the female. The Caerulescent Hawk 

 is a native of Bengal, and it is probable that, not- 

 withstanding its diminutive size, it has been some- 

 times trained to the pursuit of game; since, ac- 

 cording to Edwards, the specimen which he de- 

 scribed had on each of its legs a piece of leather, 

 such as Hawk's bells are usually fastened with. 



TINY HAWK. 



Falco tinus. F. pedibusjlavis, corpore cinereo-fusco, subtus albido 

 fasciis nigricantibus, vertice albido. Lath. ind. orn. 



Hawk with yellow legs, cinereous-brown body white beneath 

 with blackish bars, and whitish crown. 



Tiny Hawk. Lath. syn. suppl. 



Described by Mr. Latham from a specimen in 

 the Leverian Museum. Mr. Latham commemo- 

 rates it as by far the smallest of the hawk kind he 

 ever met with; but there seems to be some mistake 

 as to the length, which is said to be six inches from 

 the bill to the rump, the tail being wanting in the 

 specimen. The reader will observe that the pre- 

 ceding species measures scarcely more than six 

 inches from the bill to the end of the tail. 



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