jio BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Falcons. 



or creft, which hangs backwards ; the body Is black on its upper, and ftreaked with- 

 black and white on its under parts. 



F. cirrhatus. Lath. hid. orn. i. 36. 11. S3. — F. indicus criftatus. BrifT. orn. 104. n. 12. — F. in- 

 dicus cirrhatus. Raj. av. 14. n. 12. — Faucon huppe, des indes. Buif. oa. i. 271. n. 4. — Crefted jn- 

 dian Falcon. Will. orn. S2. n. 12. Lath. fyn. i. 80. n. 63. iup. 20. 



Inhabits India. — About the fize of the Gofhawk : The bill is dufky blue ; the hides are yellow ; 

 the fcrag is tawny ; the tail is tranfverfely barred with black and afh colour ; the claws are black. 



141 43. Pied Falcon. — 84. Falco melanokucos. 98. 



The legs are yellow; the head, neck, back, ihoulders, and wing quills, are black; the 

 under parts of the body, the wing coverts, and the tail, are white. 



F. melanoleucos. Penn. ind. zool. 4to. p. 12. t. ii. Lath. ind. orn. i. 36. n. 85. — Faucon a col- 

 lier, des indes. Sonner. voy. ii. 182. — Black-and-white Falcon, Kaloe Koeroelgoya, of the Cinga- 

 lefe: Penn. ind. zool. loc. cit. — Black-and-white indian Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 81. n. 65. fup. 20. 



Inhabits Ceylon and India. — This is a fmall fpecies, weighing only ten ounces, and meafuring fix- 

 teen inches long : The bill, claws, and the middle wing coverts are black ; the hides are reddifh yel- 

 low; the eyes are furrounded with white dots; the legs are {lender. This fpecies lives on mice, rats, 

 and lizards. The female is grey, the wing coverts being marked with three black fpots; the fides of 

 .the belly, the thighs, and under fide of the rump are white, with reddifh ftreaks. Lath. 



*4 2 44. Ceylonefe Falcon. — 85. Falco ceylanenfis. 99. 



The cere is yellow ; the body is milk white ; the hind head has two long pendent 

 feathers. 

 F. ceylanenfis. Lath, ind; orn. i. 36. n. 84. —Ceylonefe crefted Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 82. n. 66. 



Inhabits Ceylon. — The bill of this fpecies is dufky. 



143 45. Grey Falcon. — 86. Falco grifeus. 100. 



The cere and legs sre yellow ; the body is dufky grey above, and white, with oblong 

 black fpots, below ; the tail is long, its two middle quills being longer, and of an 

 uniform colour, and the reft fpotted. 



F. grifeus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 37. n. 86" — Grey Falcon. Brit. zool. 1. n. 49. Lewin, brit. b. i. t. 

 15. Lath. fyn. i. 82. n. 67. 



Inhabits Europe. — One individual was flaot in Yorkfhire in 1762. It is about the fize of a Raven. 

 The bill is ftrong, fliort, much hooked, and bluifh ; the cere, and edges of the eye-lids are yellow ; 

 the hides are red; the head is fmall, flatted at the top, the fore part deep brown, the hind part white, 

 the fides and throat cream coloured ; the wings are longer than the tail ; the firft quill feathers are 

 black, with a white tip, the reft being bluifh grey, having their inner webs irregularly fpotted with 

 white ; the legs are long, naked, and yellow. 



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