BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Falcons. 507 



Its place unknown. — Is of the fame fize with the Common Gyrfalcon, meafuring a little more than 

 nineteen inches long ; the bill is biackifh ; the head and fcrag, or back of the neck, are tawny grey, 

 with biackifh lines ; the eye-lids are yellow ; the tail is brown, fpotted with white at the edges, grey 

 at the point, and biackifh a little higher up ; the claws are black, 



sf-2-8 32. Chocolate Falcon. — 77. Falco fpadlctus. 91. 



The cere is yellow ; the whole body is a deep bay or chocolate colour, in fome parts 

 tinged with rutty ; the primary wing quills are black, their exterior webs, towards 

 the lower end, being pure white; the legs, feet, and toes, are feathered. 



F. fpadiceus. Forfter, phil. tranf. Ixii. 281. Amer. catal. p. 9. Lath. ind. orn. i. 27. n. 57. — 

 Chocolate Falcon, Forfter, loc. cit. — Chocolate-coloured Falcon. Ar£t. zool. ii. 201. n. 94. t. 9. 

 f. 2. — Bay Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 54. n. 34. a. — Placentia Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 76. n. 57. fup. 19. 



: 2 2n /S. White-rumped Chocolate Falcon. — 77. (1. F. fpadiceus leucourus. 



The rump is white. 



White-rumped Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 54. n. 34. b. 



Inhabits Hudfon's Bay and Newfoundland — This fpecies preys much on birds of the duck ge- 

 nus ; it fits on a rock by the fide of the water, watches their rife from diving, and inftantly pounces 

 *on them. It is about one foot ten inches long ; the bill is black ; the five outmoft tail quills have 

 their exterior webs dufky, and their inner webs blotched with black and white ; the two middle tail 

 quills are varied with black and afh colour •, the white edges of the wing quill feathers, mentioned 

 in the character, form a diftincl: white fhield ; the wings reach to the end of the tail ; the toes are 

 remarkably fhort. 



n$o 53. St John's Falcon.— 78. Falco Stijohannis. 92. 



The cere, and feathered legs, are yellow ; the body is brown, marked on the back 

 fcrag, fcapulars, and tail coverts, with oblique, black, and dirty white bars; the un- 

 der parts are fparingly marked with white and yellowifh fpots; the tail is barred with 

 afh colour and black, and has a white tip. 



F. Sti johannis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 34. n. 74.— St John's Falcon. Arc!:, zool. ii. 200. n. 93-. t. 9. 

 f. 1. Lath. fyn. i. 77. n. 58. 



Inhabits Hudfon's Bay and Newfoundland. — Is one foot -nine inches long: The head is deep 

 brown, with a fhort dufky bill ; the legs are clothed with feathers to the toes, which are very fhort 

 and yellow. 



131 34. Sacre. — 79. Falco facer. 93. 



The cere and legs are blue; the back, bread, and firfl coverts of the wings, are fpotted 

 with brown ; the tail is marked with kidney fhaped fpots. 



F. facer. Briff. orn. 98. n. 4. m. Raj. av. 13. n. 2 Sacre. Wiih orn. 77. Buff. oif. i. 246. t. 



14. Lath. fyn. i. 77. n. 59. 



Inhabits 



