Class II. SPOTTED FALCON. 22" 



Falco versicolor. F. cera flava, id. Syn. i. 74. Gm. Lin. \%, Spotted. 



corpore supra albo et rufes- 272. 



cente-fusco vario, uropygio Spotted Falcon, Br. Zool. p. 



subtus albicante, pectore fer- 4. lab. 1.1. 



rugineo maculato, remigibus Common Falcon, var. 10. 



rectricibusque fuscis saturatiore Shaw. Gen. Zool. vii. 127* 

 fasciatis. Lath. Ind. orn. 33. 



A WO of these birds have been shot near Long- 

 nor, Shropshire. 



Size of a buzzard : bill black ; cere and legs Desciup- 

 yellow : irides pale yellow : crown, and hind 

 part of the neck white, spotted with light reddish 

 brown : back and scapulars of the same color- 

 edged with white. Quil feathers dusky barred 

 with ash color. Under side of the neck, breast, 

 belly, and thighs, white ; the first, also the 

 beginning of the breast marked with a few rusty 

 spots ; rump white : middle feathers of the tail 

 barred with white, and a deep brown ; the others 

 with a lighter and darker brown. The legs 

 very strong. 



TIOW, 



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