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FALCONID^E. 



the head and wings are brownish-black : the throat is 

 yellowish-white, without spots ; the sides of the belly 

 are slightly tinged with ashy-red : in other respects 

 the plumage resembles that of the male. 



GENUS XXIL— GAMPSONYX, Vigors. 



Rostrum breve; mandibular 



integrae ; narcs rotundatae. 

 Alee breves; remex secunda 



longissima, tertia secunda? 



fere aequali ; prima? et se- 



cundae pogonio interno for- 



titer prope apicem emar- 



ginato. 



Cauda mediocris, aequalis. 

 Pedes mediocres ; tarsi reti- 



culati ; acrotarsia infra 



genu usque ad medium 



plumata. 



Beak short ; mandibles en- 

 tire ; nostrils rounded. 



Wings short ; the second 

 quill longest; the third 

 nearly even with the se- 

 cond ; the inner web of the 

 first and second strongly 

 emarginated towards the 

 tip. 



Tail short, equal. 



Legs moderate ; tarsi reti- 

 culated ; acrotarsia fea- 

 thered to the middle. 



f- Sp. 1. Ga. Swainsonii. Zool. Jour. (Vigors.) v. ii. 69. 



Ga. superne cinereo-niger, subtus albus ;Jro7ite, gents, abdominis 



lateribus, plumisque Jemoralibus aurantiacis, macula pectorali 



utrinque nigra. 

 Gampsonyx above ashy-black, beneath white ; with the forehead, 



cheeks, sides of the abdomen and femoral feathers orange, and 



a black spot on each side of the breast. 



Inhabits Brazil : discovered by Mr. Swainson. 

 Length barely nine inches and a half: beak black : 

 the feathers of the back and scapulars ashy-black, 

 spotted with rust-colour: the lower part of the sides 

 and nuchal collar white, slightly variegated with 



