FALCON IDiE. 27 



Sp. 5. As. nitidus. 



As. plumbeus supra albus, transverse cinereo undidatus; Cauda 



nigrafasciis duabus angustis albis. 

 Lead-coloured Goshawk beneath white, transversely waved with 



ash-colour; the tail black, with two narrow white bars. 

 Falco nitidus. Lath, hid. Orn. i. 41. Temm. PL Col. 87. — 



294, jun. 



Inhabits Cayenne and Guiana. Length thirteen 

 inches and a half: irides bright red : plumage above 

 lead-colour : round the eye rather bare : chin pale 

 ashy-white : under parts white, crossed with narrow 

 ash-coloured bars : between the legs plain white : 

 wings and tail darker than the rest of the upper 

 parts j the last six inches long, nearly black, and 

 crossed with two narrow lines of white, one near the 

 base, the other about the middle, but, except on the 

 two middle feathers, ashy on their inner webs : legs 

 long and yellow. 



■f* Sp. 6. As. xanthothorax. 



As. supra fusco-rufescens subtus albus riifo transversa striatus ; 



capite, guld collogue antice rufo-cinnamomea. 

 Goshawk above reddish-brown, beneath white transversely striped 



with rufous ; with the head, throat, and neck cinnamon-red. 

 Falco xanthothorax. Temm. PL Col. 92. 



Inhabits Guiana and Brazil. Length twelve or 

 thirteen inches : the head, throat, and fore part of 

 the neck, are of a cinnamon-red, more or less bright 

 and varied, according to the age of the bird: the nape, 

 the back, the wings, and upper part of the tail are 

 reddish-brown ; the two middle feathers of the latter 

 and the outer webs of the lateral feathers are of one 

 colour, but on the edge of the inner webs are a few 



