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FALCON I D-E. 



GENUS VI.— IBYCTER, Vieillot. 



Rostrum supra convexum ; 



mand'ibula inferior ad api- 



cem emarginata, subacuta ; 



ceroma nudum. 

 Mala, gida, juguhimque 



nudae. 

 Ungues acuti. 

 Caracara. Cuv. 



Beak above convex ; the un- 

 der mandible notched to- 

 wards the tip, rather acute ; 

 ceroma naked. 



Cheeks, throat, cmdjtigulum 

 naked. 



Claws acute. 



Of this genus one species only has been disco- 

 vered, which is said to be of mild and gentle manners, 

 and to subsist on food of a vegetable nature. 



4— Sp. 1. lb. aquilinus. Vied. Gal. des Ois. pi. 16. — Falco for- 

 mosus. S/taiv, v. vii. p. 159. — Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 4S5. — 

 South America. 



GENUS VIE— DAPTRIUS, Vieillot. CARACARA. 



Hostrum supra convexum; 

 mandibula inferior subtus 

 angulosa, ad apicem emar- 

 ginata, obtusa ; ceroma 

 pilis adspersum. 



Orbitcc, gula, jugulumque 

 implumes. 



Ungues acuti. 



Bcah above convex ; the un- 

 der mandible angulated be- 

 neath, and notched towards 

 the tip, obtuse ; ceroma 

 with scattered hairs. 



Orbits, throat, and jugulum 

 naked. 



Clares acute. 



Sp. 1. Daptrius ater. Vieil. Anal, d'une Nqwo. Orti. 616. p< 68. — 



Falco aterimus. Temm. PI. Col. 37. 



Da. niger cceruleo nilcnte, caudd rotundata, basi alba; rostro 

 unguibusque albis ; pedibusjlavis ; cerci cinereo-nigra. 



Black Caracara glossed with blue, with a rounded tail white at 

 its base; the beak aud daws white, the legs yellow ; the cer< 

 ashy-black. 



