5i3 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Falcons; 



171 /3. Spotted Sparrow Hawk, — 106. /3. F. Nifus maeulatus. 



The back has a few white fpots. 



F. nifus maeulatus. Lath. ind. orrr. i. 45. n. 107. 0. — Accipiter maeulatus. BrhT. orn. 9a. A.- — 

 Spotted Sparrow Hawk. Lath. fyn. i. 100. n. 85. a. 



17 2 y. White Sparrow Hawk. — 106. y. F. Nifus lacleus.. 



The whole body is of an uniform milk white. 



F. Nifus lafteus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 45. n. 107. y. — Accipiter lacteus. Brill*, orn. 90. B. — White 

 Sparrow Hawk. Lath. fyn. i. 100. n. 85. B. 



Inhabits Europe, Alia, Africa, and Madeira. — This fpecies is found very far north; it is very bold, 

 and preys on poultry, partridges, pigeons, and fmall birds; it is very much addicted to fly after larks, 

 and is employed in falconry for that fpecies of game. The male meafures twelve, and the female fif- 

 teen inches long : The bill is bluifh ; the head, back; wing coverts, and tail, are fometimes bluifh 

 grey, at other times deep brown edged with ruft colour ; in- the male the bluifh or dove-like colour 

 prevails; the chin, breaft, and belly are whitifh yellow, which is darker on the male, with dark brown 

 or orange waves, which are more numerous and better defined on the female ; the tail has five broad 

 black bars, and is white at the tip. — In the fecond, or Spotted, variety the body has white fpots ; 

 the female is brown, and the male, as in the former variety, or Common Sparrow Hawk, verges to- 

 wards bluifh ; the under furface of the tail is variegated with alternate brown and white bars. — One 

 individual of the White variety was fhot in England, and is now in the cabinet of Dr Da vies. Lath.. 



ij? 67. Dubious Falcon. — 107. Falco duhius, nz. 



The cere and legs are yellow ; the head is dufky, ftreaked with ruft colour ; the upper 

 parts of the body are brown, the feathers edged. with ruft ;. the under parts are dirty 

 white with oblong brown ftreaks ; the tail is long, of a dufky afh colour, with four 

 broad black bars. 



F. dubius. Lath. ind. orn. i. 44. n. 104. — Dubious Falcon. Ar£r. zooh ii. .213. n. 112. Lath- 

 fyn..fup. 37. 



Inhabits New York and Carolina. — Is about ten inches long, and weighs fix ounces. This fpecies 

 refembles the Sparrow Hawk in the marks and colour of the tail, and the Merlin in the fpots on 

 the breaft ; it gets the trivial name from Mr Pennant, wha is dubious whether it fhould not be confi- 

 dered as a variety of the Pigeon Hawk. The bill is dufky; the irldes are yellow ; the primary wing 

 quills are dufky afh, barred with black, and having their inner webs marked with oval tranfverfe 

 Eufty fpots. 



l y, 68. Dufky Falcon. — 108. Falco ohfeurus, 113. 



The cere and legs are yellow ; the hind head and nape are fpotted with white ; the up- 

 per parts of the body are dufky brown ; the under parts whitifh, with black ftreaks, 

 or longitudinal lines ; the tail is fhert, tipt with white, and crofTed with four broad 



and four narrow dufky bars. 



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