Oi) 



R a paces — Diurnfp. 

 FALCONIDJE. 



Genus Falco. fLinnceus.J 

 Sub-genus Circus. (Savigny.J 



Sub-generic Characters. — Tarsi long and slender; body tall 

 and slim; tail long and rounded; wings long; first quill feather 

 shorter than the fifth, the second a little shorter than the 

 fourth, the third or fourth the longest; beak of medium size; 

 cere large, covering more than a third of the beak. 



PALE-CHESTED HARRIER. 



Falco pallidus. 



Circus pallidus, 



Falco pallidus, 



Circus swainsoni, 



" albescens, 



" dalmaticus, 



" cinereus, 



Slrigiceps pallidus, 



JBusard meridional, 



Stkes; Proceedings of Zoolo- 

 gical Society, April, 1832. 



Keysekling and Blasius. 



schlegel. degland. 



Temminckj Man., vol. iv, 

 p. 595. 



Smith. Kaup. 



Lesson. 



BuPPEL. 



Ch. Bonapabte. 

 Ch. Bonapaete. 

 Ceespon. 



Specific Characters. — Head of male not spotted with pale brown ; 

 no dusky streaks on the breast; rump and upper tail coverts white, 

 and barred with brown ash. — Stkes. 



