

FALCON. 





178 Janeiro E 



198 Black H 



223 Pigeon H 



179 Louisiana White E 



A Var. 



224 Sharp-shinned H 



180 Statenland E 



199 Sooty F 



225 Slate-coloured F 



181 White-breasted E 



200 Chocolate F 



226 Brown-backed F 



18-2 White-bellied E 



201 Red-throated F 



227 Barred-tail F 



A Var. 



202 Jamaica B 



228 Blue-backed F 



183 Tharu E 



203 Mingled B 



229 Great-billed F 



184 White-rumped E 



204 Speckled B 



230 American Brown H 



185 Mansfeny E 



205 Broad-winged F 



231 Rufous-bellied F 



186 Maculated E 



206 Brown & Tawny F 



232 Surinam F 



187 Plumbeous F 



207 Yellow-toed F 



233 Laughincr F 



A Var. 



208 American B 



234 White-fronted F 



188 Columbine E 



209 Buzzaret 



235 Spotted-tailed H 



189 Streaked F 



210 White-breasted F 



236 Hobby B 



190 Caracca E 



211 Barred-breasted B 



237 Orange-breasted H 



191 White-necked E 



212 Cayenne F 



238 Little F 



A Var. 



213 Long-shanked F 



239 Abbotian F 



192 Azara's E 



214 Marsh Hawk 



240 Berbice F 



193 Black-necked F 



215 American F 



241 Cayenne Sp. H 



194 Notched F 



216 Rusty and Grey F 



242 Greater Cayenne Sp. H 



195 Rufous-headed F 



217 Swallow-tailed F 



243 Guiana F 



196 Plain F 



218 Brazilia.: K 



244 Pied Sp. H 



197 Crested Goshawk 



219 Mississippi K 



245 Accipitrine F 



A Mauduit'sG 



220 Salvador F 



246 Tiny 



B Guiana G 



221 St. John's F 



222 Newfoundland F 



247 Pygmy F 



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1 HE bill in this Genus is hooked, and furnished witli a waxy skin 

 at the base, called the cere, in which the nostrils are placed. 



Tongue bifid at the end. 



Head and neck furnished with feathers. 



Legs and feet scaly for the most part, middle toe connected to 

 the outmost, as far as the first joint, by a strong membrane. 



Claws large, much hooked, and very sharp, that of the outer 



toe the least. 



* 



The female larger and stronger than the male. 



G2 



