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before half way ; has the air and plumage of the Hen-Hanier, but 

 tlie legs not so long, nor so slender, 



31. Levaillant's bird is said to have orange irides, and the eye 

 placed in a bed of blackish, otherwise does not seem to differ. 



This gentlemen observes, that the female differs in being bigger, 

 and the colour of the plumage less distinct, and that young birds 

 have such parts, as are white in the adult, inclined to rufous, especially 

 the back feathers ; with a large portion of rufous in the middle of the 

 breast, and top of the head. It is said to build between the forks of 

 trees, lining the nest with moss and feathers, and to lay four or five 

 white eggs ; that it is found not only throughout the African coast, 

 but in India also, and has been killed in Barbary ; is always perched 

 on high bushes, and its cry piercing, especially in flying ; seems 

 principally to feed on insects, and grasshoppers and Mantes, also 

 small birds, and will attack crows, kites, and shrikes, and drive 

 them away ; is difficult to be shot, being shy ; observed to smell of 

 musk, the skin retaining it, even after being prepared for the cabinet. 



Dr. Horsfield met with this in Java, under the name of Angkal- 

 Angkal ; is likewise found in New-Holland, two specimens having 

 been brought from thence, and in the museum of the Linnaean Society. 



114.— FASCIATED FALCON. 



LENGTH 14i inches; bill livid at the point, and yellowish at 

 the base ; cere and orbits bare, yellow ; irides dark ; fi^ontlet, 

 crown, space under the eyes, and upper part of the neck chestnut 

 brown ; beneath the eye a triangular dusky mark ; forehead over the 

 bill, neck before, and ears white ; from breast to vent rusty white^ 



