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Ci. pallide fuscus subtus pallide Jlavo-ruber, longitudinaliter fusco 

 striatus ; guld saturate fusca ; remigibus caitd&que cinereo-gri- 

 seisjiisco transverse Jasciatis ; superciliis albis. 



Pale-brown Harrier beneath pale yellow-red longitudinally striped 

 with brown; with the throat deep brown; the quills and tail 

 ashy-grey transversely striped with brown ; the eyebrows 

 white. 



Falco palustris. Pr. Max. Temm. PI. Col. 22. — Salvador 

 Falcon. Lath. Hist. i. 276. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length twenty inches : head 

 yellowish-white and dark brown mixed : over the eye 

 a whitish stripe : all the upper parts of the plumage 

 dark brown : lower parts pale yellowish-red, with 

 dark brown longitudinal stripes : throat dark brown : 

 thighs and rump rusty-red : quills and tail ashy-grey, 

 with dark-brown transverse stripes. 



Sp. 7- Ci. rutilans. 



Ci. rufo-aureus, capite longitudinaliter striato ; dorso alisque ci- 



nereo-fusco maculatis ; corpore subtus transverse nigricante 



striato. 

 Golden-red Harrier with the head longitudinally striped ; the 



back and wings spotted with ashy-brown ; the body beneath 



transversely striped with dusky. 

 Falco rutilans. Lichtenst. Temm. PI. Col. 25. 



Inhabits South America. Length eighteen or 

 twenty inches : the old birds have the plumage bright 

 golden-red, varied on the head with small longitu- 

 dinal strise : the back and wings are marked with large 

 ashy-brown spots : the neck, breast, and belly are 

 transversely striped with very narrow blackish bands : 

 thighs and inner parts of the wings red : quills and se- 

 condaries striped with black for three-fourths of their 

 length, the rest black : the tail is dusky, with a single 



