40 FALCONlDiE. 



Fa. supra Jusco-nigrkans, remigibus nig/is ; subtus castaneus 



gula pallidiore. 

 Falcon above dusky-brown, with the quills blade ; beneath ches- 



nut, with the throat paler. 

 Falco Aldrovandi. Temm. PI. Col. 128 ? 



Inhabits Java. Length ten inches and a half. 



Sp. 15. Fa. tinnuuculoides. Naterer. — Temm. man. d'Orn. 2 Ed. 



i.p.31. 

 Fa. rufo-ruber, vertice lateribus capitis nuchaque pallide cinereis; 



guld pallida ; remigibus, crisso, cauddque basi ccendeo-cinereo ; 



hcec versus apicem fascia nigra, apice alba. 

 Rufous-red Falcon with the crown, sides of the head, and the 



nape, pale ash ; the throat pale ; the quills, vent, and base of 



the tail bluish-ash ; towards the tip of the latter a black band, 



its tip white. 



Inhabits Europe. Length eleven inches : beak 

 bluish : cere, and round the eyelids, yellow : crown, 

 sides of the neck, and nape pale ash-colour : back, 

 scapulars, and greater part of the wing-coverts deep 

 rufous, inclining to red ; some of the larger, the 

 second quills, rump, and nearly the whole of the tail 

 bluish-ash, near the end of the last a broad black 

 band, and the end white : throat pale : the rest of 

 the under parts pale reddish-rufous, marked with 

 longitudinal black streaks : legs yellow : claws pure 

 white. The female is rather larger. Said to feed on 

 beetles and large insects, rarely on small birds. 



Sp. 16. Fa? aurantius. Shaw, v. vii. 194. — South America. 



STIRPS IV.— BUTEONIXA. (BUZZARDS.) 



Rostrum mediocre, a basi aduncum ; cauda cequalis. 

 Beak mediocral, hooked from the base ; tail equal. 



