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The Spotted Falcon. {F. punctatus, Cuv. pi. col. 



t. 45.) 

 Rufous ; beneath white, spotted with black ; back 

 and neck longitudinally lined with black ; head and 

 wings spotted with black ; tail even, with seven black 

 bands. Isle of France. Length ten inches. 



Red Femoral Hawk. {F.femoralis, Temm. pi. col. 



t. 121. t. 343. s.) 

 Cinereous brown, beneath red ; band above and be- 

 hind the eye, black ; thighs red. Inhabits the Brazils. 

 Length twelve inches when full grown. F. aurantius, 

 var. Minor, Lath. Var. Major, Licht. Azara, n. 39. 

 F. thoracicus, Illig. Length fourteen inches; bill 

 and feet much stronger. 



Nankin Hawk. F. Cenchroides, Vigors. Mus. 

 Lin. Soc. 

 Above red, beneath white ; quills and tail feathers 

 edged with black ; tail pale gray, with a broad black 

 band and white tips. Found in New Holland. Length 

 twelve inches. 



Orange-speckled Hawk. F. Berigora, Vigors. 

 Reddish-brown ; throat and neck pale orange ; quills 

 and coverts brown, speckled with red ; tail gray- 

 brown, banded, with rufous tips. Found in Holland. 

 Length ten inches. 



The Lanner, Lath. F. laniarius. Lath. F. stef 



laris, Gmel. 

 Wings two-thirds as long as the tail ; middle toe 

 shorter than the tarsus ; mustaches very narrow ; feet 

 bluish ; two first quills notched at the end. Inhabits 

 north of Europe. Length one foot and a half. 



