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and belly are yellowifh, with brown ftreak?, 

 which are not mentioned by the ornitho- 

 logifts, though their defcriptions anfwer in 

 other refpects. It weighs fix ounces and a 

 half, its length is lof, the breadth iz\. 

 Catefby's figure is a very indifferent one, 



Falco, 2, Spadiceu>s. New Species.. Chocolate 

 Falcon. Faun. Am. Sept. p. 9. 

 This fpecies, at firft fight, bears fome relem- 

 blance to the European Moor Buzzard," or 

 AeruginofuS) Linn, but is much lefs, and 

 wants the light fpots on the head and moul- 

 ders. No number or defcription was fent 

 along with it. 



Falco, 3. Sacer, BriiTon, I. p. 337. Sacre de 

 BufFon, Oifeaux, (edition in 12010.) Tom. II. 

 p. 349. t. 14. Faun. Am. Sept. p. p. 

 Severn River, N° 16. 



Speckled Partridge Hawk, at Fludibn's Bay. 

 The name is derived from its feeding on the 

 birds of the Gfous tribe, commonly called 

 partridges, at Hudfon's Bay. Its irides are 

 yellow, and the legs blue. It comes neareft. 

 the Sacre of BriiTon, BufFon, and Belon ; 

 but BufFon fays it has black eyes, which is 

 very Indiftincl:,; for the irides are black in 

 none of the falcons, and in few other birds ; 

 and the pupil, if he means that, is black in 

 all birds.: It is faid, by Belon*. to come from 

 Tartary and Raffia, and is, therefore, pro- 

 bably a northern bir,d. It is very voracious 



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