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Jackal Falcon^ Lath. F. Jackal, Shaw, Vaill. O. A. 



t. 16. 

 Dusky brown ; throat whitish ; breast rufous ; quills 

 dusky, pale banded ; tail short, deep rufous, and with 

 a black spot. Size of the buzzard. Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Desert Falcon, Lath. F. desertorum, Daud. ; Le 

 Rougri, Vaill. O. A. t. 17. 



Rufous, beneath paler; throat and chin and vent 

 whitish ; quills black ; tail beneath gray, obsoletely 

 banded. Africa. 



The Buzzaret. F. Busarellus, Shaw; Vaill. O. A. 

 t. 20. Le Buseray. 



Head and neck rufous white, varied with brown ; 

 back and neck rufous, spotted and streaked with 

 dusky black ; tail barred, base pale, end dusky ; belly 

 light rufous, with black brown bands ; quill black, 

 as long as the tail. Cayenne. Length nineteen 

 inches. 



Hobby Buzzard, Lath. Supp. F. Buzon, Daud. 



Vaill. O. A. t. 21. 

 Above varied rufous and black ; head and neck and 

 quills dusky ; tail black, with the tips and central 

 band white ; beneath pale rufous, darker banded ; 

 quills one-half the length of tail. Cayenne. Length 

 seventeen inches. 



Speckled Sparrow-hawk, Lath. F. Tachiro, Shaw; 



Vail. O. A. t. 24. 

 Dull brown ; beneath white, brown spotted ; head 

 and neck varied white and rufous, and brown spotted; 

 quills white tipt ; tail brown banded. Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



