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ther ferruginous : quills black ; one third of the middle part of 

 both prime and fecondaries ferruginous ; fome of them fpotted 

 with brown on their inner webs, but the two firft of the prime 

 quills are wholly black : the wings reach to one third of the tail : 

 the breaft is rufous ; on each feather are four tranfverfe ftripes of 

 brown j under the wings the fame, but paler; as are the thighs 

 and under tail-coverts : the tail itfelf almoft black ; the two 

 middle feathers plain ; the others, about the middle, have an 

 ■oblique white mark on each fide of the fhaft, beginning at the 

 fhaft, and pafTing upwards on each fide, imitating the letter V; irr 

 all of them touching the fhaft, but in fome not quite reaching 

 the margin.: the end of all the tail-feathers tipped with white ■:•' 

 the legs are yellow : claws pale. 

 Place. This was received with fome other birds from Cayenne, and is 



at prefent in the collection of Mifs Blomefiehi*. A label tied 

 to it's legj had the name of " Le pagani ' roux, ou V Aigle a plumage 

 gris roux ■" which I fuppofe to be the names given by the French 

 inhabitants ofthatifland.. 



* I here take the opportunity of acknowledging the afiiftance received fron* 

 the., well-chofen colledlion of Mifs Blomefield, of Portland-Jlreet ; in which will, 

 be found many new fpecimens of foreign birds from various parts, in the belt 

 prefervation ; and which will be noticed in. their place in the following^ 

 flieets.. . 



Falco. 



