Class U. SPOTTED FALCON. 227 



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Falco versicolor. F. cera flava, id. Syn. i. 74. Gm. Lin. 1%. Spotted. 



^^- corpore supra albo et rufes- 272. 



cente-fusco vario, uropygio Spotted Falcon, Br. Zool, p. 



subtus albicante, pectore fer- 4- tah, 11. 



rugineo maculato, remigibus Common Falcon, var. 10. 



rectriclbusque fuscis saturatiore Shaw. Gen. Zool. vii. i27> 

 fasciatis. Lath. Ind. orn. 33. 



X wo of these birds have been shot near Long- 

 7ior, Shropshire. 



Size of a buzzard : bill black; cere and legs Descrip- 

 yellow : irides pale yellow : crown, and hind 

 part of the neck white, spotted with light reddish 

 brown : back and scapulars of the same color 

 edged with white. Quil feathers dusky barred 

 with ash color. Under side of the neck, breast, 

 belly, and thighs, white; the first, also the 

 beginning of the breast marked with a few rusty 

 spots ; rump white : middle feathers of the tail 

 barred with white, and a deep brown ; the others 

 with a lighter and darker brown. The legs 

 -very strong. 



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