150 FALCON. 



to the toes with feathers ; vent rufous white ; tail very little longer 

 than the wings, pale grey, crossed with five or six narrow dusky bars, 

 chiefly on the outer webs, but in the two middle feathers on both webs, 

 the end for one inch black. 



Inhabits India — Sir J. Anstruther. 



A. — In this the bill is blue, with a blackish tip ; crown and 

 hindhead bay ; forehead, chin, back, wings, belly and legs choco- 

 late brown ; on the scapulars a niixtxire of white ; tail greyisli, 

 crossed with blackish bands, that near the end broadest ; tips of the 

 feathers pale ; legs feathered to the toes, which are yellow ; claws 

 black. 



Inhabits the neighbourhood of Calcutta, and there called Frooss, 

 but is not common — Dr. Buchanan. 



One among the drawings of Gen. Hardwicke (probably this) was 

 2 ft. 8 or 9 in. Bill pale blue, ti{3 black ; cere large and pale ; top 

 of the head, neck behind, and sides, dusky brownish white ; chin, 

 throat, and all the under parts, also the back and wings, deep 

 chocolate brown, a little mottled ; on the beginning of the back, a 

 patch of white ; vent cinereous ; tail dirty ash-colour, with five or 

 more irregular dusky bars, and the ends of the feathers, for li in. or 

 more, dark or dusky ; thighs covered with feathers reaching below 

 the knees, the rest downy to the toes, which are strong and yellow ; 

 claws black. The ^vings reach to three-fourths of the tail. 



Inhabits India. — Described fi'om one taken at Futtehgnhr, Jan. 

 1796. The name given to the male, Raaj — the female, Oakaab. 



Another of these, called the male Oakaab, is of the same size- 

 Head, neck, breast, and under parts, brown, with long streaks of 

 dusky, pale yellow, those on the head and throat, much smaller, 

 more numerous, and narrower; back brown, most of the feathers 



