60 FALCON. 



two middle feathers plain : legs yellow : claws black, hooked, 

 and Iharp. 



Female. fj^ f ema l e | s brown above, the feathers edged with chefnutj 



moft fo on the head: beneath, inclining to yellow: quills deep 

 brown, with whitifh tips : tail brown ; the four middle feathers 

 tranfverfely marked with deeper brown ; the others marked with 

 broad interrupted fafcife ; the tip of the outer one fpotted with 

 black : all of them have ferruginous tips. 



Placi. This bird inhabits Rujjia ; where it is called Lun. 



SWALLOW- Falcofurcatus, Lin. Syft.i. p. 129. N° 25. 



TAILED F ~ ^ e Milan de la Caroline, Brif. orn. i. p. 418. N° 36. 



• — ■ Buf. oif. p. 221. 



Falco Peruvianus, cauda furcata, Klein, av. p. 51. N" 14. 

 Swallow-tailed Hawk, Catef. Car. i. t. 4. 



Am. Zool. N° 



Lev. Muf. 



Discretion. 'X 1 HIS is a moft elegant fpecies : in fize it yields to the 

 European Kite. Length two feet. The bill is black : cere 

 obfcure : irides red : the body above is of a fine deep purplifh 

 brown, inclining to black : the rump and upper tail-coverts 

 more inclining to green than the other parts : quills and tail 

 very deep purple, inclining to green : the head, neck, breaft, 

 belly, and fides, the thighs, and under tail-coverts, are all pure 

 white : the tail is very long, being alone thirteen inches, and is 

 very forked ; the two outer feathers exceed the middle ones in 

 length by eight inches. 

 Manni*j. This bird inhabits Carolina in the fummer months , where it 



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