FALCOXID.E. 



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Tarsi elongati, fortisshni, ad 

 basin plumati ; acrotarsia 

 scutellata. 



Ungues longi, fortissimi, 

 acuti. 



Tarsi elongated, very strong, 

 feathered to the base; acro- 

 tarsia scutellated. 



Clazcs long, very strong, 

 acute. 



Sp. 1. Ha. imperialis. 



Falco imperialis, Shatv, v. vii. p. 52. pi. 15. — Falco Harpyia. 

 Shaw, v. vii. p. 54. — South America. .-«^<~ <«&»* — «. ~^- ^ ** — - - 



GENUS XIV.— MORPHNUS, Cuvier. 



Rostrum supra convexum; 



raz7-&s elliptic!. 

 Tarsi elevati, subgraciles ; 



acrotarsia scutellata. 



Dig-iti subbreves ; ungues 

 acuti. 



Spizaetus, Vieillot. 



A. Tarsis nudis. 



Beak convex above ; nostrils 

 elliptic. 



Tarsi elevated, rather slen- 

 der ; acrotarsia scutel- 

 lated. 



Toes rather short ; clans 

 \ acute. 



A. Tarsi naked. 



f" Sp. 1 . Mo. Guianensis. 



Falco Guianensis. Shatv, v. vii. p. 68. — Guiana. 



Sp. 2. Mo. Urubitinga. 

 4— Falco urubitinga. Shatv, v. vii. p. 63. Temm. PI. Col. 55. — 



Falco zonurus. Shan-, v. vii. p. 62 ? — Brazil. 



B. Tarsis plumatis. B. Tarsi plumed. 



Sp. 3. Mo. occipitalis. 



Falco occipitalis. Shatv, v. vii. p. 59. — Africa. 

 Sp. 4. Mo. ornatus. Daudin. 



Falco superbus. Shatv, v. vii. p. 64. — Falco coronatus. Shatv, 

 v. vii. p. 6l.pl. 16. — Southern Africa. 



Sp. 5. Mo. albescens. 



Falco albescens. Shatv, v. vii. p. 93. — Southern Africa. 



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