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toes long and slender, particularly the middle toe, colour 
gamboge, inclining to primrose yellow. Claws black, 
hooked, and strong. 
Pirate 13*. A male bird, also represented in the natural General 
size, and shewing the singularly great difference in di- Ges?” 
mensions between the sexes. Male Bird. 
Colour of the upper parts of the body (being an imma- 
ture bird), clove-brown, the feathers edged with light 
reddish-brown. Under parts tinged with reddish-brown, 
and many of the undulating bars or transverse les of 
the same hue. 
The upper parts of the adult Male are of a fine bluish- 
grey colour. 
DIVISION II. 
Upper mandible of the bill with a projecting angle or 
tooth, fittmg into a corresponding notch in the lower one. 
SECTION VI.—FALCONS. 
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS. 
Bill strong, thick, and short, bending suddenly from its 
base, toothed. Wings long, the first feather equal to the 
third; the second the longest in the wing. ‘'Tarsi short. and 
strong. Toes armed with very sharp and hooked talons. 'The 
larger species very courageous, and strong upon the wing; 
and prey entirely on living birds and animals. Some of the 
smaller species are insectivorous. 
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