198 FALCON. 



125— LONG-BILLED FALCON. 



LENGTH 16 inches ; make robust ; bill black, the upper 

 mandible cun ing excessively downwards over the under, which is 

 not more elongated than in many species, the base covered deeply 

 with a yellow cere, and the excess of length not flat beneath, but 

 round, the base of the vmder mandible half way yellow ; round the 

 eye not well covered with feathers ; general colour of the plumage 

 deep rusty black, the head and neck darker than the rest ; under 

 parts of the body somewhat paler than the upper ; vent, and under 

 tail coverts white ; quills very dark, marbled with white on the inner 

 webs, and reach to the end of the tail, one-third of which, from the 

 base, is white, the rest black, with the end, for half an inch, dusky 

 white ; shape even at the end, or nearly so ; legs stout, scaly, 

 yellow; claws excessively long and hooked, black; the legs bare 

 behind, but feathered to nearly half M^ay before 



Inhabits Senegal. — Mr. H. Brogden. 



126— BUFF-HEADED FALCON. 



LENGTH 17 inches ; bill stout, pale lead, with the ridg« and 

 end pale horn-colour; h^ad and neck pale buff, with darker streaks; 

 behind the eyes a naiTow black streak, for about one inch beyond it ; 

 plumage above plain, deep brown, beneath and under vidng coverts 



