504 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Falcons, 



112 g. White Falcon. — 71. g. F. communis albus. 



Is entirely white, with hardly vifible yellow fpots. Raj. av. 14. n. 7. Briff. orn. 94. n. 4. ». 

 Lath. ind. orn. i. 31. n. 67. 1. 



Weiffer folk, Weiffer geyer. Frifch, av. t. 80. — White Falcon, Will. orn. 80. n. 7. Lath. fyn. L 



66. n. 49. d. 



This variety is found in China. 



113 £. Black Falcon. — 71. £. IF. communis uter- 

 is of all uniform brownifh black colour. 



F. niger. Briff. orn. 94. n. 4. e. Lath. ind. orn. i. 3 1. n. 67. £. — F. columbarius, or Nebbi. Raj, 

 av. 161. n. 5. — Faucon paffager. Buff. oif. i. 263. PI. enl. n. 469. — Schwarzbrauner habicht. 

 Frifch, av. t. 83. — Black Hawk, or Black Falcon. Edw. av. i. t. 4. — Black Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 



67. n. 49. e. 



1 14 j). Spot- winged Falcon. — 71. 3?. F. communis naevius. 



The wings are fpotted. 



F. maculatus. Briff. orn. 95, n. 4. f. Lath. ind. orn. i. 31. n. 67. -4. — Spotted Falcon. Edw. av, 

 i. t. 3. — Spotted-winged Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 68. n. 49. f. 



Is found in Hudfon's Bay. — Mr Latham expreffes a doubt whether the variety referred to in Ed- 

 ward's and his own fynoplis cf birds be the fame with the one enumerated by Gmelin : He likewife 

 refers to the fame fynonimes a third variety of the Peregrine Falcon. Ind. orn. i. 33. n. 72. y. 



115 G. Brown Falcon. — 71. 8. F. communis fufcus. 



The upper part of the body is brown, with fpots of a darker fhade.; the under parts are 

 white, with brown fpots, thofe on the bread being fharp pointed. Briff. orn. 95. n. 4. 

 G. Lath. ind. orn. i. 31. n. 67. &. 



Braunfahler geyer. Frifch.. av. t. 76. — Brown Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 68. n. 49. g. 



116 /. Red- fpotted Falcon.— 71. i. F. communis ruber. 



Is fpotted with red and black. Briff. orn. 96. n. 4. h. 



F. rubens. Raj. av. 14. n. iq. Lath. ind. orn. i. 31. n. 67. 1. — Red Falcon. Will. orn. 81. n. 

 1 0. Lath. fyn. i. 6^. n. 49. 1-1. 



117 :t. Tawny Falcon. — 71. %. F. communis indicus. 



The body is of a reddifh tawny on the under parts. 



F. ruber indicus. Briff. orn. 96. n. 4. 1. Raj. av. 14. n. ir. Lath. ind. orn. i. 31. n. 67. x.— 

 Red indian Falcon. Will. orn. 81. t. 9. Lath. fyn. i. 6g. n. 49. 1. 



Is found in India — Is of a brown afli colour on the upper parts of the body '; the quill feathers of 

 the tail have black and afh coloured curved ftripes or bars. 



