APPENDIX. 



EAPACES. 



Family FALCONID^. 



Genus Falco. fLinnceus.) 



Sub-genus Micronisus. (Gray.) 



Sub- generic Characters. — Beak short, compressed; festoon on 

 margin of upper mandible not very prominent. Tarsus shorter 

 than in Accipiier, stout, with prominent scuta in front, and 

 the reticulated scales on the sides distinct; inner toe about 

 equal to first joint of the middle and whole length of the 

 hind toe. 



LEVANT SPARROW-HAWK. 



Falco gurneyi, MiHi. Nov. Sp. 



Specific Characters. — Plumage above in the male dark grey, 

 approaching to black; below greyish white, thickly barred trans- 

 versely with rusty red. The female lighter above, and the cross 

 bands reddish brown, and more widely separated from each other. 

 Length of male fourteen inches and a half; from carpus to tip 



