196 FALCON. 



length of the bird, deep chocolate brown, crossed with five or six 

 pale tawny red bars, some of the outer feathers paler than the others; 

 legs pale blue ; claws blackish. 



Inhabits India, Avhere it is called Justin. I saw a fine drawing 

 of it, among others, in the collection of Lord Movmtnorris. It is 

 probably used for the purpose of catching small birds, being repre- 

 sented as fastened by the leg with a ribband, attached to a perch on 

 which it stands. 



In the same collection is figured another, 17 in. long, said to 

 inhabit the province of Oude, and called Koohie-sahien. This also 

 is drawn with braces on the leg, in the manner of those used in 

 falconry; and it is not improbable that both these may only be 

 varieties of the common Falcon. 



122.— BROWN AND WHITE FALCON. 



LENGTH 22 in. Bill dusky; cere and irides pale yellow; 

 plumage above deep brown ; beneath dusky white ; chin plain, the 

 rest of the feathers marked deeply with brown at the ends, and 

 fringed with white ; vent white ; tail six inches long, crossed with 

 four bars of darker brown, one at the end ; the quills reach about 

 one-third on the tail; legs stout, deep yellow; claws strong, hooked, 

 black. 



Inhabits India, and named Choucarii ; has much the air and 

 stout make of our Buzzard, though the brown markings are not in 

 blotches, but regularly placed at the ends of the feathers throughout 

 on the under parts. 



