FALCON. 165 



Inhabits Java ; called Wmu-rawa ; supposed to be very rare, as 

 it has been found but once at the extensive lakes, formed during the 

 rainy season, in the southern parts of the Island, where it feeds on 

 fishes — never met with along the extensive northern sea coast. 



90.— COHY FALCOK— Pl. X. 



LENGTH 13iin.; bill and cere livid; near the end of the 

 upper mandible two tooth-like processes; head, neck, and inter- 

 scapulary region black ; at the nape a fine crest of linear feathers, 

 about tAvo inches long, growing broader at the ends, which stand 

 up, and the points incline forward ; the scapulars are white at the 

 base, afterwards fine chestnut brown, and terminated with black ; 

 the fore part of the breast, and hind part of the back are white, that 

 of the belly the same, with a broad rufous, or chestnut brown band ; 

 sides and fore part of the belly barred with the same ; tliighs, rump, 

 and upper tail coverts black ; wing coverts black, with a greenish 

 tinge, but a few next the scapulars resemble them in colour ; prime 

 quills black, on the inner webs greenish ; second quills the same, but 

 on the upper side of the outer vane chestnut brown ; the tertials black 

 above, dusky below, brown on the upper side of the outer vane, near 

 the base, and white towards the point ; tail rounded, five inches long, 

 greenish black, and the wings, when closed, reach to within half an 

 inch of the end of it ; legs scaly, of an obscure greenish-colour ; 

 claws black. 



Inhabits India. A specimen of the above was caught at 

 Barrackpore, and by most persons thought to be new, but the 



