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112— CHEEL FALCON. 



LENGTH 1ft. 11 in. Bill moderately large, black; cere blue; 

 iiides browii ; plumage in general fine tawny brown ; paler on the 

 tliroat, lower belly, thighs and vent; the feathers of the head, neck, 

 breast, and thighs, marked with a long pale streak down the shafts 

 of each, and rounded at the bottom, appearing as long drops, 

 the breast darkest ; chin, throat, and vent plain ; the wing coverts 

 have pale ends with darker shafts, the rest of the wing and back 

 feathers with pale margins ; quills and tail dark brown, the latter 

 hollowed out in the middle, and the quills reach to near the end of 

 it ; legs moderate sized, pale blue ; claws black. 



Inhabits Lidiaby the name of Cheel,* said to be a young bird, 

 but whether belonging to the last or any other species is not deter- 

 mined. — Col. Hardwicke. 



113.— CRIARD FALCON. 



Falco vociferus, Ind. Orn. i. p. 46. Daud. ii. 160. Shate't Zool. rii. 200. 

 Petite Buse criarde, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 184. 

 Criard Falcon, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 38. 



SIZE of a large wood-pigeon ; length 16 inches ; bill short, 

 black ; over each eye a projecting lid, with a few hairs like eyelashes ; 

 crown, neck behind, back, rump, and tail cinereous grey ; lesser 



* It ieems that Cheel, Cheela, Chilk, may be names given in common to more than one 

 specie*. 



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