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Falco Plancus of Miller, Cim. Phys. t. 17, and Cook 

 Voy. ii. t. 32. 



Red-throated Falcon, Lath. {F. aquilinus, Enl. 427. Gal. 

 Ois. t. 16.) 



Black, with the belly and lower covertures of the tail 

 white ; the throat naked and red. 



Length eighteen inches. Is the Ibycter leucogaster 

 of Vieillot ; F. formosus, Lath. ; and F. nudicollis 

 of Daudin. 



New Zealand Falcon, Lath. (F. Noi^(B Zelandia, 

 Lath. Syn. t, 4. $ pi. col. t. 192 and 224, jun.) 



Above gray brown, beneath paler, banded with red ; 

 tail yellowish gray ; banded thighs ferruginous ; bill 

 bluish ; ceraand feet yellow. Length eighteen inches. 

 New Zealand. 



Negro Caracara, (Daptrius ater, Vieillot, F. atte- 

 rimus, Temm. Gal. Ois. t. 5. pi. col. t. 37.) 



Entirely black, except the white base of the tail ; and 

 yellow feet. South America. Length fifteen inches. 

 When young, is D. striatus, Vieillot. 



Yellow-headed Caracara, (Milvago Ochrocephalus, 

 Spix t. 5. Jardines. 111. Orn. t. 2.) 



Dirty yellow white, with a black stripe from the eye 

 to the ear ; back wings and end of the tail black. 

 Length twelve inches. Brazil. Brit. Mus. 



Banded Caracara. Gi/mnops fasciatus, Spix. t. 4. 

 Black round the eyes ; cheek and gullet naked ; tail 

 white, with five black bands. Brazil. 



