Grass. <-SPOQR PER FALCON. 189 
This bird is fubje€t to fome variety in its co- Descarip. 
lors: we have feen fome whofe breaft and belly 
were brown, and only marked .crofs the craw 
‘with a large white crefcent: ufually the breaft 
is of a yellowifh white, {potted with oblong ruft- 
colored fpots, pointing downwards: the chin 
ferruginous: the back of the head and neck, 
and the coverts of the wings are of a deep 
brown, edged with a pale ruft color: the fcapular 
feathers brown; with white towards their roots: 
the middle of the back is covered only with a 
thick white down: the ends of the quil feathers 
are dufky: their lower exterior fides afh-colored: 
their interior fides blotched with darker and lighter | 
fhades of the fame: the tail is barred with black 
and ath-color, and fometimes with ferruginous: 
the bar next the very tip is black, and the broadeft 
of all; the tip itfelf of a dufky white. The irides 
are white, tinged with red. The weight of this 
{pecies is thirty-two ounces: the length twenty- Size. 
two inches; the breadth fifty-two. 
Spotted Falcon, Br. Zool. iv. tab. 11. 55-OPOTTED. 
WO of thefe birds have been’ fhot near 
a = Longnor, Shropfbire. 
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