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87.— JAVAN HAWK. 



Falco Javanicus, Ind. Orn. \ 23. Gm. Lin. l. 2G4. Dmid.W. 76. 

 Javaa Hawk, Gen, Si/n. i. 34. *d. 



LENGTH 17 in. Bill yellow, with a black tip ; cere yellow; 

 irides pale ; forehead white ; body above reddish brown ; wing 

 coverts incline to red, with darker shafts ; nnder wing coverts dirty 

 reddish white, undulated with ferruginous; quills dark brown, 

 wathin deep feiTnginous, transversely barred with black, end nearly 

 black; nape blotched with white, as in the Sparrow-hawk ; tail coverts 

 tipped with white ; throat and breast like the u^pper parts, but paler; 

 belly ferruginous brown, barred with white ; thighs the same, but 

 paler; vent white ; tail brown, even, with five bands of black ; the 

 wings reach to near the end ; legs yellow, stout ; inner claw largest. 



Inhabits various parts of India, and probably in Java, one 

 having flo^vn on a ship off that Island. 



88.— TESTACEOUS FALCON. 



Falco testaceus, Itid. Orn. Sup. p. vii. Dand. ii. 125. 

 Testaceous Falcon, Gen. Syn. Sup. 2. p. 56. 



SIZE of a Goshawk; length 21 in. Bill bluish; cere, irides, 



and legs, yellow ; head, and all above, testaceous bro^vn ; shafts of 



the feathers blaak ; throat and under parts white, tinged with 



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