200 FALCON. 



128— TAWNY-HEADED FALCON. 



LENGTH 11 in. Bill pale blue, with a deep and conspicuous 

 notch near the tip ; base yellowish ; head and neck tawny ; crown 

 darkest ; chin and throat very pale ; plumage on the upper parts of 

 the body dove-colour, crossed with numerous fine bars of lead-colour, 

 beneath from the breast the same, but paler; under wing coverts 

 banned dusky and white ; the second quill the longest ; tail barred 

 above half the length pale dove-colour, with narrow dusky bars, 

 from thence to the end blackish, tip nearly white; quills reacli 

 three-fourths on the tail ; thighs well feathered, long and slender ; 

 legs the same, pale yellow ; claws black and hooked. 



Lihabits Senegal. — Li the collection of Mr. H. Brogden, as 

 well as in that of Mr. Comyns. 



129.— LIBYAN FALCON. 



SIZE of the Tawny-headed ; length ll^in. ; bill moderate in 

 size, with a very conspicuous notch near the tip, colour dusky ; base 

 and cere yellow ; crown and nape behind pale tawny, with a 

 minute line of dusky down each shaft, palest on the neck behind ; 

 round the eye and beneath it dusky black ; back and wings deep 

 brownish dove-colour, crossed with dusky bars, less numerous and 

 broader than in the Tawny-headed ; qviills dusky, marked on the 

 inner webs with oval white spots for tliree-fourths of the length ; 

 under winu- coverts marbled duskvand white; chin and throat rufous 



