BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Falcons." 519 



F. obfcurus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 44. n. 105. — Dufky Fakon. AxcL zool. ii. 213. n. 113. Lath, 

 fyn. fup. 38. 



Inhabits New York. — This is fmaller than the Dubious Falcon : The bill is bluifh, its upper man- 

 dible being armed with a fharp procefs ; the head, back, and the wing and tail coverts are dufky 

 brown, the feathers being (lightly edged with rufty ; the primary wing quills are dufky, marked ou 

 the inner webs with oval. pale rufty fpots. 



*75 69. Pigeon Hawk. — 109. Falco columbarius. 21. 



The cere and legs are yellow ; the upper parts of the body are brown; the lower parts 

 whitifh ; the tail is brown, with four narrow white bars. 



F. columbarius. Lath. ind. orn. i. 44. n. 106. — Accipiter carolinenfis. Brill", orn. no. n. 21. — 

 Epervier des pigeons. Buff, oif. i. 238 — Pigeon Hawk. Cate£b. carol, i. t. 3. Lath. fyn. i. 1 01, 

 «. 86. fup. 27. 



Inhabits North America. — This fpecies is about ten and a half inches long; it preys on fmall birds, 

 and is migratory ; the bill is whitifh with a black tip ; the hides are yellow ; the whitifhnefs of the 

 under parts of the body has a yellowifh tinge, and is ftreaked with brown ; the claws are black. 



,176 "j8. Grey Pigeon Hawk. — F. columbarius grifeus. 



The crown, back, wing coverts, and rump, are bluifh grey, each feather being ftreaked 

 with black in the middle. 

 Pigeon Falcon. Ar£t. zool. ii. 212. n. in. 



Inhabits, with the former, from Hudfon's Bay to Carolina. — The bill is dufky ; the hind head is 

 fpotted with reddifh white ; the cheeks, breaft, and belly are white, with large oblong black fpots ; 

 the, primary and fecondary wing quills are dufky, with large oval white fpots on their inner webs ; 

 the tail is long and black, with four crofs bars of bluifh grey, and tipt with white. This variety is 

 from ten to twelve inches long, and weighs fix ounces ; it appears in Hudfon's Bay in May, where 

 it breeds and remains all fummer, retiring fouth in autumn ; it feeds on fmall birds, and when dis- 

 turbed by mankind flies round in circles, making a fcreaming noife ; it builds in hollows of rocks or 

 decayed trees, laying from two to four eggs, which are white with red fpots. 



Xjy 7°- Guiana Falcon. — no. Falco fuperciliofus. 22. 



The cere, legs, and eyelids, are yellow; the body is brown, waved with whitifh; the 

 wing quills are rufty, with black bars.- 

 F. fuperciliofus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 45. n. 108. — Guiana Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 102. n. 87. 



Inhabits Guiana and Surinam. — This fpecies is about the fize of a Magpie, and has a general re- 

 femblance to the Sparrow Hawk : The upper parts of the body are brown, as are the under parts 

 and thighs, which are marked with numerous .black waved lines; the inner margins of the fecondary 

 wing quills are whitifh 5 the tail is black with two broad afh coloured bands, and is afh coloured at 

 the tip ; the ventlet, or under fide of the rump, is white with a few black ftreaks; the rump is varie- 



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