FALCON IDv£. 



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An inhabitant of Brazil, and described by M. Vieil- 

 lot in the above quoted work. It is black, glossed 

 with blue : its tail is white at the base and rounded : 

 the beak and claws are white : the legs are yellow : 

 the cere ashy-black : its length is about fifteen inches. 



GENUS VIII.— POLYBORUS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum supra compressum ; 

 mandibula inferior integra, 

 obtusa ; ceroma hispidum, 

 magnum. 



Genis gulaque implumes. 



Jugulum lanosum. 



Ungues obtusi. 



Caracara. Cuvier. 



Beak above compressed; die 

 under mandible entire, ob- 

 tuse; ceroma hisped, large. 



Cheeks and throat naked. 

 Jugulum downy. 

 Clazvs obtuse. 



Sp. 1. Po. Brasiliensis. 



Falco Brasiliensis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 106. Vieil. Gal. des Ois. 

 pi. 1 7. — Vultur Cheriway. Shaw, v. vii. p. 43. — Brazil. 

 Sp. 2. Po. Novas Zeelandise. 



Falco Novae Zaelandiae. Lath. Syn. i. pi. 4. — Shaw, v. vii. 

 p. 159. — Temm. PL Col. 192, 224. — Australasia and adjacent 

 islands. 



Sp. 3. Po. degener. 



r Falco degener. Illiger. — Falco Caracca. Shaw, v. vii. 64 ?— 

 South America. 



GENUS IX— PANDION, Savigny. OSPREY. 



Rostrum supra rotundatum ; 

 ceroma hispidum ; nares 

 lunulatse ad marginem su- 

 periorem membranaceas. 



Tarsi nudi; acrotarsia ri- 

 gide squamosa, reticulata. 



Beak rounded above; ceroma 

 hisped ; nostrils lunulated, 

 membranaceous on the 

 upper edge. 



Tarsi naked ; acrotarsia 

 strongly scaled, reticu- 

 lated. 



