46 FALCONIDJE. 



A. Tarsis nudis. A. Tarsi naked. 



Sp. 1 . Bu. tachardus. 



Falco tachardus. Shazv, v, vii. p. 201 — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 2. Bu. Jackal. 



Falco Jackal. Shatv, v. vii. p. 173. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 3. Bu. busarellus. 



Falco bazarellus. Shatv, v. vii.^;. 203. — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 4. Bu. buson. 



Falco buzon. Skaiv, v. vii. p. 202. — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 5. Bu. tachiro. 



Falco tachiro. Shatv, v. vii. p. 201. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 6. Bu. vulgai'is. 



Falco Buteo. Shatv, v. vii. p. 109. — Falco variegatus. Shaw, 

 v. vii.^j. 112. — Britain and Europe. 

 Sp. 7. Bu. pterocles. 



Bu. schistaceus subtus albus, hypochondriis later ibusque abdo- 

 minis riifo transversim undulatis ; caudd alba versus apicem 

 fascia nigra. 

 Slate-coloured Buzzard beneath white, with the flanks and sides 



of the abdomen transversely waved with rufous ; the tail white, 



with a black bar towards the tip. 

 Falco pterocles. Temm. PL Col. 56. 139. jun. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length sixteen or seventeen 

 inches : the adult bird has the throat, head, cheeks, 

 neck, and top of the back and wings slate-colour : 

 the scapulars clear red, with brown spots : the fore 

 part of the neck and all the under parts of the body 

 pure white ; with the flanks, the sides of the abdo- 

 men, and the under wing-covers, transversely striped 

 with reddish zigzag lines : the tail, which is rather 

 short, is of a pearly white, with a broad black band 

 near its tip : the white is marked with six or seven 

 transverse lines above, and beneath with a few blotches. 

 The young have the lores and forehead white : the 

 cheeks and sides of the neck reddish-yellow, with 



