FALCON, 185 



109— COTTA FALCON, 



SIZE uncertain. Bill black; cere and legs yellow; iridesred; 

 top of the head, the sides, and all beneath, white; over the eye a 

 streak of black ; nape and upper parts of the body, slaty blue ; 

 greater wing coverts the same, but paler ; the lesser black ; bend of 

 the wing white — the rest of the wing dusky grey ; tail short, the 

 two middle feathers of the last colour, the rest white, in shape even, 

 or nearly so. The wings, when closed, reach fully to the end of it. 



Inhabits India ; found about Bengal ; named Cotta. 



110.— SONNINI'S FALCON. 



Falco Sonninensis, Tnd. Orn. Sup. p. xii. Skate's Zool, vii. 185. 

 New species of Hawk, Sonnin. Trao. JEng. ed. ii. p. 92. 

 Sonnini's Falcon, Gen Syn. Sup. ii. p. 52. 



LENGTH 11| in. Bill very hooked, full an inch long; cere- 

 and legs yellow ; irides orange ; the tail nearly even, but the outer 

 feathers rather longest, though not appearing forked unless ex- 

 panded ; the length of it four inches eight lines; and the wings, when 

 closed, reach eight lines beyond it ; the first quill feather serrated 

 outwardly ; legs covered with feathers on the fore part, almost to 

 the toes; the forehead and under parts are white; above the eye, 



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