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cassell's book of birds. 



also white, the fore part of the neck, breast, belly, and thighs are light yellowish red, thickly 

 marked with dark grey stripes ; the very prominent beard and a streak over the eyes are black, the 

 eye itself is deep brown, the beak greenish yellow, tipped with greyish blue ; the feet are light orange. 



THE FALCONER. 



The male is eleven inches long, and twenty-two inches broad ; the wings measure seven inches, and 

 the tail four inches and a quarter. The female, on the contrary, is thirteen inches long, twenty-six and 

 a half broad ; her wing measures about eight inches, and her tail five inches and a half. 



According to our own observations these beautiful birds are met with south of sixteen degrees 



