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123.— INDIAN FALCON. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill moderately stout, black ; cere yellow ; 

 indes dull yellow ; plumage in general bluish ash, inclining to lead- 

 colour on the back and wings ; crown of the head and nape spotted 

 with dusky blue ; forehead, round the eye, on the ears, and chin, 

 nearly white ; breast and belly dusky white, with a tinge of rufous 

 on the breast ; the ends of the feathers on the back, and the greater 

 part of the wings, tipped with white, but the wing itself otherwise 

 dusky black ; bend of the wing white ; the tail pale plain grey, and 

 is somewhat exceeded by the wings when closed ; legs deep yellow ; 

 claws black. 



Inhabits India, and called Capasuah. 



124.— JOHANNA FALCON. 



Falco Johannensis, Ind. Orii. i. p. 47. Daud. ii. 127. Shawns Zool. vii. 168. 

 Johanna Falcon, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 32. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill black ; base of the under mandible 

 yellow ; head, neck, and under parts of the body ferruginous, 

 marked with linear black spots ; quills and tail black brown ; the 

 last cuneiform, its coverts whitish ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits India, in the island of Johanna. This description 

 taken from a drawing in the possession of the late Dr. Fothergill. 



