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FALCONTD.E. 



Sp. 7. Ha. Macei. 



Ha. capite, nucha, dor.soque superiore rafis; super ciliis, malts, 

 guld colloque ant ice albidis ; dorso ppstice, alis, abdominc rcctri- 

 cibusque apicejitscis ; cauda fascia alba. 



Sea-Eagle with the head, nape, and upper part of the back red ; 

 the eyebrows, cheeks, throat, and neck in front whitish ; the 

 hinder part of the back, the wings, abdomen, and tip of the tail- 

 feathers brown ; the tail with a white fascia. 

 Falco Macei. Cuvier. Temm. PI. Co. 8. old: 223. jun. 



Inhabits India. Head, nape, and upper part of 

 the back clear rufous, shaded on the sides of the 

 neck with whitish : eyebrows, cheeks, throat, and fore 

 part of the neck white : the breast and belly bright 

 red, the colour becoming duller towards the thighs, 

 and the last shade covering the abdomen : the wings, 

 back, the base, and tip of all the tail-feathers, deep 

 brown : the tail with a broad unspotted band in the 

 middle : the tarsi and toes yellow : length two feet 

 two inches. This is the adult. The young differ in 

 being more spotted than the old. 



GENUS XI.— CIRC^ETUS, Vieil. 



Rostrum supra convexum ; 



nares lunulatae ; ccroma 



subhispidum. 

 Tarsi elongati, nudi; acro- 



tarsia reticulata. 

 Digiti breves ; externus cum 



medio ad basin connexus; 



ungues breves subaequales. 



Beak above convex ; nostrils 

 lunulated ; ceroma sub- 

 hisped. 

 Tarsi elongated, naked ; 



acrotarsia reticulated. 

 Toes short; the outer con- 

 nected at the base to the 

 middle one; claws stout, 

 nearly equal. 

 Sp. 1. Ci. brachydactylus. 



Falco Gallicus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 89. pi. 19. — Falco brachy- 

 dactylus. Temm. man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. v. i. — France and other 

 parts of Europe. 



