44 CLASS AVES. 



sometimes gray, sometimes white, and the occipital 

 tuft long and blackish. 



The Urubitinga, (F. urubitinga^ Lin.) pi. col. t. 55.> Cuv. R. 

 A. iv. t. 3. f. 2. Spix. t. 18. 



Black ; without a crest ; with the rump and lower 

 part of the tail white. This beautiful species seeks 

 its prey in inundated places. (In Brit. Mus.) 



One-banded Hawk, (F, unicinctus^ Temm. pi. col. 

 t. 313.) 



Deep brown ; forehead with two white spots ; throat 

 streaked with white ; quills bandless ; tail base, and 

 end white; wing covers and thigh red, with dark 

 spots. Brazil. Length nineteen Inches. 



Painted Hawk, (Aquila picta, Spix. t. 1. c.) 

 Blackish, spotted with red; tail longer than the 

 wings, rather acute, blackish red, black banded, end 

 fulvous, pencilled. 



Snowy Falcon, F. niveus, Temm. pi. col. t. 127. 



White ; upper part of body, wings, tail brown ; band 

 on the quills, and tips brown. Length twenty-five 

 inches. Java. 



Cuvier proposed to place here F. Nov(B Zelandia, 

 Lath. t. 4. 



Others have the tarsi elongated^ and feathered the 

 whole length ; as 



The genus Spizaetus of Vielllot, and the Plumipeda 

 of Flemming. 



