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white, with some streaks, but no whisker of brown, or brown 

 behind the eye ; but the tail is marked witli the same clay-coloured 

 spots as in the other. — Shot at Cawnpore in January. 



There is also one, said to be a complete male. This is dusky 

 blue above, marked and banded with dusky ; beneath rutbus white, 

 with roundish spots of the size of peas, on the breast and throat ; 

 from thence the marks are transverse and curved ; under wing 

 €Overts white, spotted with black; tail, as in the others, crossed 

 with five or six blue bands. 



From there being much similarity bet^veen the above birds, 

 added to the markings of the quills and tail being so nearly alike in 

 ail, we may venture to conclude the whole to belong to the Behree 

 Falcon, 



101.— RHOMBOIDAL FALCON. 



Palco rhombeus, Ind. Orn. i. .35. — Daiid. ii. 11 L Shaw's Zool. rii. 169. 

 Rhomboidal Falcon, Gen. St/n. Sup. p. 35- 



LENGTH 19 in. Bill dusky blue ; head and hind part of the 

 neck black ; fore part very light brown ; back and wings grey, 

 barred with black ; belly pale reddish brown, marked with rhom- 

 boidal spots ; tail grey, crossed with eleven or twelve bars of black ; 

 legs pale yellowish green. 



Inhabits the river Ganges, and other parts of India. 



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