240 RINGTAIL. Class IL 



18. Ring- Falco cyaneus. F. cera pedibus- Le faucon a collier. Brisson 



TAIL. que flavis, corpore cinereo, av. i. 345. 



J^-EMALE. abdomine pallido, maculisob- Une autre oyseau St. Martin. 



longis rufis, oculorum orbita Belon av. 104. 



alba. (Femina.) Lath. ind. Rubetarius Turneri, 



orn. 39. id. sup. i. 22, La soubuse. Hist. dots, i, 



Subbuteo. Gesner. av.^%. 215. P/. jBn/. 443. 480. 



Ringtail. Pygargus accipiter. Brunnicli No. 14. 



Ran syn. av. 17. WiL orn. Br. Zool. 68. Tah. 4. 7, 



70. . Arct. Zool. 1. 243. 



TION. 



^^111^-!^' XHE RINGTAIL weighs sixteen ounces; is 

 twenty inches long; and three feet nine inches 

 broad. The cere and irides are yellow : on the 

 hind part of the head, round the ears to the chin, 

 is a wreath of short stiff feathers of a dusky hue, 

 tipt with a reddish white ; on the top of the 

 head, and the cheeks, the feathers are dusky, 

 bordered with rust color ; under each eye is a 

 white spot : the back is dusky ; the rump white, 

 with oblong yellowish spots on each shaft. The 

 tail is long ; the two middle feathers marked 

 with four dusky, and four broad cinereous bars ; 

 the others with three black, and three tawny 

 bars ; but the tips of all, white. The breast and 

 belly are of a yellowish brown, with a cast of 

 red, and marked with oblong dusky spots, but 

 they are subject to vary, for we have met with 

 one specimen that had these parts entirely plain. 



