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FALCON. 



53— SEVERE FALCON. 



Falco severus, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 135. Horsfield. 



LENGTH 10^ inches; plumage above blackish browii, quills 

 black; beneath chestnut, chin paler; wing coverts, and tail feathers, 

 tipped with chestnut. 



Inhabits Java ; named Allap-Allap-Gf/j/e/jo-. 



55 —BOHEMIAN FALCON. 



Falco Bohemicus, Ind. Orn. i. p. 43. Gm. Lin. i. 279. Daud. ii. 136. 

 Maeuse-liabicht, Missilauce, Jos. Mayer. Bueluii. Ahh, 6. p. 313; 

 Bohemian Falcon, Gen, Syn. Sup. ii. p. 43. 



RATHER more than a foot in length; gape of the moTitli, 

 irides, and legs yellow ; orbits white ; plumage on the upper parts of 

 the body ash-colour, beneath white ; the five first prime quills black 

 on the outer margins; tail long, pointed; legs rather short, and 

 feathered below the knees. 



Inhabits the mountainous parts of Bohemia, feeding on mice ; 

 «)bserved mostly in the evening. The above description seems too 

 concise to detennine whether to refer this bird to the Kestril, or 

 Heu-Harrier, concerning which authors have held different opinions.* 



* M. Temmluck says it is an old male of the latter. 



