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FALCONID.E. 



liemex secunda longissima, 

 prima et secunda prope 

 apicem interne fortiter 

 emarginata. 



Wings with the second quill 

 longest, the Jirst and second 

 strongly emarginate inter- 

 nally near the tip. 



Sp. 1 . Fa. frontalis. 



Falco galericulatus. Shatv, v. vii. p. 149. pi. 21. — Africa. 



Sp. 2. Fa. chiquera. Shaw, v. vii. p. 176. — India. 



Sp. 3. Fa. tibialis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 174. — Africa. 



Sp. 4. Fa. Sparverius. Shatv, v. vii. p. 1 99. pi. 26. — North Ame- 

 rica. 



Sp. 5. Fa. tinnunculus. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 179.— Britain and Eu- 

 rope. 



Sp. 6. Fa. rupicolus. Daud. 



Falco Capensis. Shatv, v. vii. p. 192. — Africa. 



Sp. 7. Fa. punctatus. 



Fa. supra rufus, capite colloque nigro longitudinaliter lineatis, 

 dorso alisque nigro macidatis ; caudafasciis septem nigris ; cor- 

 pore subtus a/bo nigro macidato. 



Falcon above rufous, with the head and neck longitudinally striped 

 with black, and the back and wings spotted with black ; the 

 tail with seven black bands ; the body beneath white, spotted 

 with black. 



Fa. punctatus. Cuv. — Temm. PL Col. 45. 



Inhabits the Isle of France. Length ten inches : 

 the upper parts of the plumage are very bright red : 

 the head and neck are marked with small black lon- 

 gitudinal stripes, the back and the wings with large 

 black spots : the tail is transversely adorned with 

 seven nearly equal black bands : the lower parts of 

 the plumage are pure white : with longitudinal stripes 

 of brown on the sides of the neck, and very regular 

 triangular black spots on the breast, the belly, and 

 the thighs : the beak is bluish : the cere and the legs 

 are yellowish. 



