78 FALCON. 



the ])ody cinereous, on the back inclining to red ; beneath white, 

 tinged with ash-colour on the upper part of the neck ; tail 3f in. long, 

 rounded, whitish, banded alternately with deeper and paler brown, 

 the two middle feathers plain ; legs yellow; claws black. 



The female is brown above, and the feathers edged with chest- 

 nut, most so on the head ; beneath inclining to yellow ; quills deep 

 brown, with whitish tips ; tail brown, the four middle feathers trans- 

 versely marked with deeper brown, and others with broad interrupted 

 bands, all of them with ferruginous tips, but that of the outer one 

 spotted with black. 



Inhabits Russia; known by the name of Lun. 



26.— MARGINED FALCON. 



Falco marg-inatus, Jnd. Orn,\. p. 26. It. per Poseg. ■p:r^8. Daud. li. 167. 

 Margined Falcon, Gen. Si/n. Sup. p. 24. 



SIZE of a tbwl; head and back feathers brown, with ferruginous 

 murgins — beneath the body feiTuginous, with longish oval spots. 

 Quills brown, with several obscure bands, and ferruginous white 

 tips ; tail broAvn, with four broad, dusky brown bands, margined on 

 both sides with white, and a white tip, beneath whitish with trans- 

 parent bands. 



Inhabits Sclavonia, 



