322 Remarks on Falco cya?ieu$ and pygargus, 



palest on the two or three outer feathers, which have also 

 their inner webs approaching to white ; all except the two 

 middle have four equidistant bars on the inner web, taking 

 in the shaft; these on the two outer feathers are bay, the 

 rest more or less dusky, with a ferruginous tinge on those at 

 the base : legs orange yellow, rather long and slender : claws 

 small black. 



In the original description of this species *, taken from a 

 cased specimen, the greater coverts are, by mistake, said to* 

 have dusky-black on the outer webs towards their middles- 

 forming a small bar; whereas it will be now observed, this 

 visible bar on the wing above is on the secondary quills, and 

 not on the coverts. 



The bird from which the above description is taken is a 

 male : it has the feathers behind the ears short, but no ruff 

 continued round the head, as in the Hen Harrier. It was in 

 good condition, and had in its stomach a sky-lark, and yet 

 its weight was not so much as that of the Hen Harrier by 

 three or four ounces ; though its length and breadth are much 

 superior, by reason of its long wings and tail. It must also 

 be remarked that it appears to be at least a year old bird, as 

 3"6me of the quills are moulting ; the first and second feather 

 of the secendary quills in each wing are not full grown, but 

 are of the same colour as the rest, and possess the same three 

 bars. 



I am not enabled to offer any thing further on the synony- 

 ma than what has been given in another place; it differs a 

 little, it is true, from the Falco hyemalis f ; but when it is 

 considered how little that species seems to be known, some 

 allowance must be made for want of a more minute descrip- 

 tion : there seem, however, some marks of such near affinity, 

 that I trust it will hereafter be found the same. Whether 

 this is migratory with us is not at present to be fully deter- 

 mined ; the time of the year in which this was shot is rather 

 too early to induce a belief that it is a winter migrant; and 

 the only one besides that which has come under my inspec- 

 tion I think was killed in November, which indicates a win- 



* OrnirholDgical Dictionary. -J- Latham's Synopsis. 



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