BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Falcons. 50 1 



F. Ieverianus. Lath. ind. orn. !. 18. n. 31. — Leverian Falcon. Arit. zool. ii. 206. n. 101. Lath, 

 fyn. fup. 3.1. 



Inhabits Carolina. — Is about the fize of the Common Buzzard: The bill is dufky, and much hook- 

 ed : the ends of the feathers on the upper part of the body have each a large white fpot ; the outer 

 quill feathers of the tail have each nine white and nine dufky tranfverfe bars, the bars of the middle 

 tail quills being alternately dufky and afh coloured, and all of them are tipt with white •, the wings 

 reach beyond the end of the tail. 



KOI 19. Plain Falcon. — 64. Falco olfoletus. 83. 



Of a dark brown colour, fpotted flightly with white on the under parts of the body; 

 the middle tail quills are plain brown, the inner webs of the reft; being mottled with 

 white, and their exterior webs and ends flightly edged with white. 



F. obfoletus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 28. n. 61 — Plain Falcon. Arct. zool. ii. 208. n. 104. Lath. fyn. 

 fup. 30. 



Inhabits near Hudfon's Bay. — Is two feet long ; the head is dufky, the nape being fpotted with, 

 white ; the throat, breaft, belly, and thighs are flightly fpotted with white ; the bill is black. 



£02 2a. Collared Falcon. — 65. Falco riijlicclus. 7. 



The cere, eye-lids, and legs, are yellow; the back is waved with afh colour and white; 

 the throat, under fide of the neck and breaft, are pure white, and a white collar aU 

 mofl furrounds the neck. Faun. fuec. n. 56. 



F. rufticolus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 28.. n. 60. Faun, groenl. n. 34. — Collared Falcon. Lath. fyn. i„ 

 $6. n. 37. Arcl. zool. ii. 222. g. 



Inhabits Sweden, Siberia, and Greenland rarely. — Is about the fize of a common Hen: The bill is 

 lead coloured, with a black tip ; the head is broad, flat, and ftreaked longitudinally with black and 

 white ; the cheeks are whitifh ; the belly is white, with a few fmall dufky heart-fhaped fpots ; the 

 tail has twelve or thirteen tranfverfe bars, alternately whitifh and dufky ; the exterior webs of the 

 primary wing quill feathers are dufky ; the claws are black.. 



203 ' 2.1. New- Zealand Falcon. — 66. Falco novae feelandiae. 84. 



The cere and legs are yellow ; the body is blackifh brown, the under parts being fpot- 

 ted or ftreaked with dull red ; the wings and tail are fpotted with grey. 



F. novae-zelandiae.. Lath. ind. orn. i. 28. n. 62. — New- Zealand Falcon. Lath-.fyn..i. 57-n. 38.^ 

 t. 4. fem. 



Inhabits New-zealand. — The fpace round the eyes is naked and bluifh in the male, but of a yel- 

 low colour in the, female. The defcr.iption given by Mr Latham differs from that given above from 

 Br Gmelin, in faying that the body is of a rufty brown colour. The male is eighteen inches long, 

 the female twenty-three : In both the bill is blue, with a black tip, and is hooked only at the end : 

 In the female the tail is marked with feveral tranfverfe white bars, while that of the male is rather 



Vol. L S s. s, '.potted. 



