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dusky dashes : the head, throat, fore part of the neck 

 and back, black, more or less spotted with paler : the 

 under parts are dull white, tinged with red, and 

 varied with brown and reddish spots, which disappear 

 with age : the tail is white, irregularly barred with 

 brown lines at unequal distances. The wings in this 

 species reach to the tip of the tail. 



Sp. 8. Bu. psecilonotus. 



Bu. albus alis nigris maculis albis ; Cauda fascia nigra, basi 



apiceque albis. 

 White Buzzard with the wings black spotted with white ; the tail 



with a black band ; its base and tip white. 

 Falco paecilonotus. Cuv. Temm. PL Col. 9. 



Inhabits Guiana. A beautiful species, with the 

 body white, as well as the base and apex of the tail : 

 the wings black spotted with white ; the spots being 

 of the form of a crescent : the beak is black : the 

 legs yellowish. 



Sp. 9. Bu. borealis. 



Falco borealis. Shatv, v. vii.p. 112. — Wils. Amer, Orn. v. vi. 

 pi. 52. f. 1. — North America. 

 Sp. 10. Bu. Leverianus. 



Falco Leverianus. Shaw, v. vii.p. 151. — North America. 



B. Tarsis plumatis. B. Tarsi feathered. 

 Sp. 11. Bu. lagopus. 



Falco lagopus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 145. — Falco pennatus. Shatv, 

 v. vii. p. 146. — Falco St. Johannis. Shatv, v. vii. p. 149 ? — Eng- 

 land and the north of Europe. 



Sp. 12. Bu, niger. 



Bu. supra Jusco-niger albo sparsus, subtus niger, fronte albo, 



remigibus quinque primoribus interne albis, Cauda nigra Jasciis 



angustis quinque albis, apice albido. 



