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black ; orbits black ; tail black, with a white central 

 band. Cayenne. 



Surinam Falcon^ Lath. F. sufflator, Lin. 



Body whitish-brown ; eyelid bony ; cera and feet yel- 

 low. The genus Physeta of Vieillot. 



We may call Sparrow Hawks (Nisus, Cwu.) those 

 which have the tarsi shielded, and more elevated, 

 the Accipiter of old authors. 



The Common Sparrow Hawk, {F. nisus, Liu.) Enl. 412, 



and 407. 



Has the same colours as the Goshawk^ but its legs are 

 higher, and its size about a third less. It is, never- 

 theless, employed in falconry. The young has the 

 spots underneath arrow-shaped, and in longitudinal 

 red dots ; the feathers of the mantle are also edged 

 with red. 



There are some foreign species still smaller, as 



Red-legged Falcon, Lath. (F. gabar, Shaw. Vail. 

 O. A . t. 33. pi. col. 122. 140 Jun.) 



Bill black ; cera and legs red ; above gray-brown ; 

 beneath bluish gray ; upper and lower tail coverts 

 white ; quills dusky, beneath banded ; tail even, 

 banded ; vent white, brown banded. Size of the 

 Sparrow Hawk. Of Africa and Nubia. 



Dwarf Falcon, Lath. {F. minullus, Shaw, Vail. O. A. 

 t. 34.) 



Brown, beneath white ; throat brown spotted ; belly 

 and thighs brown banded; tail even and banded. 

 Smaller than the Merlin. 



