54 CLASS AVES. 



Minute Falcon, Lath. (F. minutus, Lin.) Bris. i. 

 t. 306. F. Brissonianus, Shaw. 



Brown, rufous, variegated; crown variegated white ; 

 beneath white, with brown spots, and bands; tail 

 with six darker bands. Of Malta. 



Black Sparrow-hawk. Sparvius niger, Vieil., F, 

 Banksia, Temm. — Gal. Ois. t. 22. 



Black ; upper neck-feather white based ; tail white 

 spotted ; quills whitish gray, black spotted. Senegal. 

 VieiL New Holland, Br. Mus. 



And there are also others much larger, as 



The Chaunting Falcon, Lath. {F. musicus, Daud. Faucon 

 chanteur. Vail. Afr. xxvii,) 



Is as large as the Goshawk ; ashy above ; white, 

 striped with brown underneath, and about the vent. 

 It is found in Africa, where it hunts partridges and 

 hares, and builds on trees. It is the only bird of 

 prey known which sings well. 



The Collared Falcon, F. torquatus, Cuv. pi. col. 

 t. 43. 93. Jun. 



Ash-coloured brown ; neck reddish ; beneath white, 

 banded with red ; quill, and tail feathers, banded 

 with brown. Length twelve inches. Of New Hol- 

 land. Mus. Lin. Soc. 



Slate-coloured Hawk, F. Pen?isi/lvanicus,Wih. A. O. 



t. 46. f. 1. 

 Slate-coloured ; beneath white barred with ferru- 

 ginous ; tail with four broad black bands, tipped with 

 white ; cera dull green ; irides and feet orange. When 



