FALCON. 



that of the under parts orange, paleft on the breaft : the tail is 

 black ; the two middle feathers are plain, the others tranfverfely 

 ftriated on the infide with white : the legs are luteous : claws 

 blackifh. 



This beautiful fpecies inhabits Bengal. Mr. Edwards obferves, Place. 



that it is feathered below the knees, and that for fo fmall a bird, 

 it is remarkably ftout and robuft, full as much, in proportion, 

 as an Eagle. 



Falco regulus, Pallas Trav. vol. ii. p. 707. N° 13. SIBERIAN. 



'"P HIS, according to Br. Pallas, is lefs than any yet Description. 



known. The length he does not mention, but fays that it 

 weighs lefs than half a pound. It has the bill and air of a Kef- 

 trel. The cere is greenifh : irides brown * : the crown of the 

 head is hoary brown, marked with blackifh lines : round the 

 neck is a ferruginous collar : the back is of a hoary lead- colour, 

 the feathers of which have brown fhafts, towards the tail paleft : 

 the throat and other parts beneath are whitifh, with numerous 

 ferruginous brown fpots : margin of the wings white, variegated 

 beneath : tail nearly even at the end, of a hoary lead- colour, 

 with clouded fafcia? beneath ; all the feathers have black edges, 

 and the tips of all are white : the legs are of a deep yellow. 



This bird inhabits Siberia. It preys chiefly on Larks. It is Placb<> 



not very common. 



* As Dr. Pallas obferves, thofe of all the more generous forts are; 



Q^ Genus 



