BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Falcons. 517 



£8-6.7 63. Brown Hawk. — 103. Falco badius. 109. 



The legs are pale yellowifh ; the head and upper parts of the body are brown ; the un- 

 der parts are white with ftnall femilunar yellow fpots ; the tail is pale brown, with 

 four darker ftripes. 



F. badius. Lath. ind. orn. i. 43. n. 102. — Brown Hawk. Erown, illuft. 6. t. 3. Lath. fyn. i. 96. 

 n, 81. 



Inhabits Ceylon.— Meafures thirteen inches long: The bill is blue, with a black tip ; the irides are 

 yellow; the feathers of the wing coverts are edged with white; the fhoulders are fpotted with white; 

 the claws are black. 

 168 64. Aquiline Falcon.— 104. Falco aquilinus. no. 



The cere and legs are yellow ; the upper part of the body is blue ; the under parts ate 

 reddilh white ; the neck is purplifh red. 



F. formofus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 38. n, 91. — Petite aigle d'amerique. Buff. oif. i. 142. PI cnl. 

 n. 417. — Red-throated Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 97. n. 82. fup. 26. 



Inhabits South America. — Is from fixteen to eighteen inches long. This fpecies has foirie affinity 

 to the Vultures, as the fides of the head are downy, being fcarcely covered with feathers ; the eye- 

 lids are briftly ; the bill is blue ; the orbits are yellow ; the irides are orange coloured; the claws are 

 black. The female is twenty-three inches long; her body is blackifh blue; the throat is dark purple; 

 the hind part of the belly and the thighs are white. 



%6g 65. American Hawk. — 105. Falco fu/Cus. in. 



The cere is afh coloured; the legs are yellow; the body is waved with black, being 

 brown afh on the upper, and whitifh on the under parts. 



F. fufcus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 43. n. 103. Miller, illuft. t. 18. — American brown hawk. Lath. fyn. 

 i. 98. n. 84. 



Inhabits America. — This is about the fize of the Sparrow Hawk, which k likewife refembles in ge- 

 neral appearance ; the bill is of a light leaden colour ; the crown and fides of the head are ftreaked 

 longitudinally with white ; the belly is reddifh brown ; the tail is brownifli afh, with three tranfverfe 

 duflcy brown bars, and pale at the tip ; the claws are black. 



170 66. Sparrow Hawk.—^ 106 . Falco Nifus. 31. 



The cere is green ; the legs are yellow ; the belly is white, waved with grey ; the tail 

 is barred with blackifh. Scop. an. i. 17. 



F. Nifus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 44. n. 107. — Accipiter. Briff. orn. 89. *n. 1. — Accipiter fringillarirts. 

 Gefn. av. 51. Aldr. orn. i. 344. t. p. 346. 347. Bellon, av. 19. b. Raj. av. 18. — Nifus ftriatus, 

 and Nifus fagittatus. Frifch, t. 90. 91. 92. — Mofcheutus. Aldr. orn. 345. — Epervier. Buff. oif. i. 

 225. t. 11. PL enl. n. 412. 466. 467. — Sparviere. Cett. uc. fard. 51. — Sparfhok. Faun. fuec. 

 n. 68. Muller, n. 71. Strom. 235. — Sperber. Gunth. neft. t. 6. Sparrow Hawk. Brit. zool. n. 62. 

 Arft. zool. ii. 226. n. Alb. av. iii. t. 4. and i. t. 5. Lewin, brit. b. i. t. 20. and t. 3. f. 2. Will, 

 orn. 86. Lath. fyn. i. ^. n. 85. fup. 26. 

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