16 FALCONHXffi. 



deepest when aged : on tlie broader webs of the tail- 

 feathers are eight or nine whitish lunules, which are 

 marbled and edged with brown, and the feathers are 

 also rayed with distinct grey-brown bands on a dusky 

 ground : at the base of the wing-quills are also several 

 irregular whitish bands : the rest of the plumage, as 

 well as the tarsal feathers, is dusky. 



Sp. /. Aq. Sinensis. 



Falco Sinensis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 88. — China. 



Sp. Aq. 8. fucosa. 



AQ.Jiisco nigricans, rufo variegata, Cauda elongata, cuneiformd. 



Dusky-brown Eagle variegated with rufous, with an elongated 



wedge-formed tail. 



Falco fucosus. Cuvier. — Temm. PI. Col. 32. 



Inhabits New Holland. Length two feet and a 

 half: the prevailing colour of the plumage brownish- 

 black varied with yellowish -red : the throat and fore 

 part of the neck are dusky-brown : head and neck 

 beautiful golden-red : wings more or less varied with 

 the same on a brown ground : the rest of the body, 

 the secondaries, and the tail above are dusky-brown : 

 the tail is yellowish beneath with indistinct bands ; 

 and the tips of its feathers are reddish : beak and legs 

 yellow. 



B. Alee breves. B. Wings short. 



GENUS XIII.— HARPYIA, Cuvier. HARPY. 



Hostrum supra convexum ; Beak above convex ; the 



mandibula superior sub- upper mandible somewhat 



dentata ; nares semilu- dentate; nostrils semilu- 



nares, transversae. nar, transverse. 



