FALCON. 



This bird bears fome affinity to N* 31 > infomuch that I am 

 not clear about the diftin&ion. 



Le Faucon rouge, Brif. cm. i. p. 332. 

 Falcorubens, Rati Syn. p. 14. N° 10. 

 Red Falcon, Will. em. p, 81. N° 10. 



4?* 

 Var. K. 



RED 



F. 



*"p HIS appears to differ from the common. Falcon, in having Description. 



the fpots of a black and red colour, inftead of white. It is 

 lefs in fize than the Peregrine Falcon, 



Le Faucon rouge des Indes, Brif. cm. i. p. 333. 

 Falcones rubri indici Aldrovandi, Raii Syn. p. 14. N° II. 

 Red Indian Falcons of Aldrovandus, Will. orn. p. 8i. t. 9. 



49. 



Var. r. 



RED INDIAN 



F. 



THE bill is cinereous : cere and eyelids luteous : the iris is Description. 



obfcure : at the outer angle of the eye is an oblong fulvous 

 fpot : the head and upper parts are of a brownifh afh-colour : 

 the breaft and under parts, the rump, upper tail, and wing- 

 coverts, are of a reddifh fulvous colour : on the breaft are a few 

 fpots of the fame : the tail is banded with black and afh-colour, 

 in a femicircular manner : legs luteous : claws black. 



The above is the defcription of the female. — In the male, the Maxh» 



colours are more vivid : when the colours in the former are ci- 

 nereous brown, in the latter they are nearly black. The male is 

 alfo much fmaller than the other fex, as is ufual in this genus. 



They inhabit the Eaft Indies. 



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