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FALCON, 



out the leaft appearance ofluteous on the head, nor on any other 

 part. This was fhot in Kent. 



It preys on Rabbits, young Wild Ducks *, and other water- 

 fowl, as well as fifh. 



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 Var. A. 



BAY-FALCON. 



Falco fpadiceus, or Chocolate Falcon, Phil. Tranf. vol. lxii. p. z8i. 

 Chocolate Falcon, Forft. Amer. Cat. p. 9. 

 Bay Falcon, Am. Z00L N° 



Description. r V H I S appears to be a variety of the Moor Buzzard. Mr. 



Forfter, who defcribes it in the Phil. Tranf. above quoted, 



fays, that it is very like the Moor Buzzard, only being lefs, and 



in wanting the light fpot on the head, ghiere, Is not this my 



plain variety ? 



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Var. B. 



WHITE- 



RUMPED BAY 



F. 



ILL black : cere yellow : general colour ferruginous, with a 

 tinge of brown : cheeks and round the eyes darkeft : rump 

 white: the two middle tail-feathers of a deep afh-colour; the 

 others of the fame colour with the body; all of them barred 

 with four bars of very dark brown : the tips dufky : legs yellow, 

 long, and (lender : claws black. 



I venture to place this as a variety only, and not as a diftincl: 

 fpecies, the more efpecially, as all the Buzzards differ much, though 

 of the fame fpecies. I am indebted for this defcription to a fine 



• In fome places it is called the Duck Hawk. 



drawing 



