FALCON. 



One of thefe in M. Aubrey's colle&ion was quite white, ex- 

 cept a few brown fpots on the back and wings. ~ Tails of both 

 barred with brown. 



I have feen a drawing of a white Falcon from China, of a 

 cream-coloured white above -, beneath, quite white ; both above 

 and below marked with (lender longitudinal flreaks of brown j 

 but on the thighs very pale, and a little curved in lhape : the 

 under part of the tail quite plain ; the upper part not vifible in 

 the figure. 



I was furnifhed with this defcription, among others, from 

 fome fine drawings of birds in the pofiefiion of Captain Broadley, 

 who brought them from China. 



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49. 



Le Faucon noir, Brif. orts. i. p. 327. Var. E. 



Le Faucon paffager, Buf. cif. i. p. 263.— PL enl. 469. "*" BLACK 



Tlatli; Falco columbarius Nebbi diclus, Rati Sjn. p. 161* 

 Schwartz braune habigt, Frifcb. t. 83. 

 Black Hawk, or Falcon, Etliu. i. t. 4. 

 Duflcy Falcon, Amer. Zool. N° 



r T"' H I S has a lead-coloured bill and cere: irides yellowifh : Description 



above the feathers are of a deep brown ; thofe on the up- 

 per part of the neck, the wing-coverts, and rump, have white 

 edges : on each fide of the head is a black mark, from the cor- 

 ner of the mouth, bending downwards, like a muflachoe ; about 

 which the parts are of a dirty white : the under parts are brown- 

 ifh; each feather tipped with black : wing-coverts black, fpotted 

 with white : edge of the wing white : quills and tail blackifh, 

 banded beneath with brown: legs lead-colour ; under the toes 



reddifh : claws black. 



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