$8 



FALCON. 



84. 



AMERICAN 

 BROWN 

 HAWK. 



Description. 



Male. 



Female. 



Falco fufcus, J. F>-. Miller, t. 18. 

 Lev. Muf. 



N the Leverian Mufeum is a fine pair of thefe birds ; fromr 



which the following defcription is taken. 



The fize and fhape of our Sparrow Hawk. The "bill of a 

 pale lead-colour : cere dufky : the body above, is of a cinereous 

 brown, with a trifle of white on the fcapulars : top and fides of 

 the head ftreaked with narrow longitudinal flripes of white : be- 

 hind the eye is. a ftreak of a pale colour: the under parts are 

 white : the chin plain : the fore part of the neck, the breaft, and 

 belly, marked with reddifh brown ftreaks down the fhaft of each 

 feather : thighs dirty white ; down. the middle of each feather is, 

 a brown ftreak : tail cinereous brown, croflfed with three bars of 

 dark brown ; the end'very pale. 



Another along with this, fuppofed to be the female, is 

 marked much the fame, but the longitudinal ftripes on the un- 

 der parts are more numerous ; befides which, are fome tranfverfe 

 bars of light brown : the legs in both are flender, like the Spar- 

 row Hawk, and of a yellow colour: the claws alfo are like that bird,, 

 and black. 



The bird figured by Mr. Miller, above quoted, fcarcely differs 

 in the markings. The iris in his plate is white, or very pale; 

 but the claws feem to be remarkably thick and fhort, fuch as I 

 never faw in any Hawk. Whether they were fo in the fpecimen 

 from which he took his drawing, or any miftake in the engrav- 

 ing, I cannot determine. 



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