40 F A L C O N. 



is cinereous : the irides yellow : parts above grey-brown ; be- 

 neath white, fpotted with rufous brown : the outfides and tips 

 of the tail-feathers are brown ; within white, ti*anfverfely 

 fcreaked with brown : legs yellowifh, naked ; daws cine- 

 reous. 



Female, This bird is frequent in France, but fcarce elfewherej and is 



faid to eat mice, rats, and frogs. The female is almoft wholly 

 of a grey colour, having no white except on the rump ; and that 



Manners. ' &£ a dirty colour. — Generally makes it's nefl: on the ground, 

 among heath, broom, furze, &c. ; fometimes, though not often, 

 upon pine and other high trees : lays generally three eggs, of a 

 grey flate-colour. — This is a different bird from the Henharrier, 

 though by fome confounded with it. 



NEW HOLLAND , . -,. f ^ . . ; . f '■ „ 



WHITE E. LNGT-H twenty inches. Orbits or the eyes yellow : cere 



N, s. the fame : the whole body of a pure white : the legs are 



Description, yellow: the hind claw double the length of the others. 



.Place. Inhabits New Holland. — Communicated by Dr. G. R. Fajter *. 



19. 



STATENLAND 

 E. 



N.-S. 

 Description. 



Place. 



T EN GT H twenty-five inches ; fize of the Plaintive E. N '9. 

 The cere is yellow ; • body brown : tail black ; end of the tail 

 tipped with dirty yellowifh white. 



Inhabits St at en Land. Has a cry much like that of a hen, fo 

 as to deceive one into the fuppofition at firft. hearing. 



* I am much obliged by many hints and obfervations communicated to me 

 by that gentleman, in the courfe of his voyage round the world. 



3 I am 



