no FALCON. 



94. 



*»- LITTLE Falco fparverius, Lin. Syft. i. p. 128. N° 20. 



*■■ L'Emerillon de la Caroline, Brif. orit. i. p. 386. N° 25. t. 32. f. I. 



PI. enl. 465. 



Falco minor rufefcens, &c. Brown's Jam. p. 47 1. 

 Little Hawk, Catejb. Car. i. t. 5. the male. 



————— Am. Zool. 



Lev. Mofi 



Description, rp fj E male is of the fize of the Merlin, but the female is 

 fomewhat bigger. The bill is yellowifh : cere and irides 

 the fame : the head is of a blueifh afh-colour ; the crown of the 

 head, and upper parts of the body, orange brown, tranfverfely 

 flriated with black: the upper wing-coverts blueifh afh-colour, 

 with tranfverfe black ftricE : tail red brown, tipped with black. 

 Female. The female differs from the male in fome particulars : the 



head is of a blueifh afh-colour ; the crown red brown : the hind 

 part of the head is encircled with feven black fpots 3 viz. three 

 on each fide and one behind : cheeks and throat dirty reddifh 

 white : hind part of the neck, the back, fcapulars, and wing- 

 coverts, reddifh brown, with black tranfverfe lines : rump and 

 upper tail-coverts the fame, but plain : fore part of the neck, 

 bread, and fides, dirty rufous white, ftriped down the fhafts with 

 reddifh brown: the prime quills blackifh, fpotted within with 

 reddifh brown : tail of the laft-mentioned colour, tranfverfely 

 ftriated with black. In both, the legs are yellow, and the claws 

 black. I never yet faw the female. 

 Flach. This bird inhabits Virginia, Carolina, St. Domingo. They 



abide all the year in Carolina and Virginia. 



3 M. Buffon 



