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and neck behind deep blue black; back, wings, and two middle 

 tail feathers the same, the others mottled with dusky in bars ; thighs 

 and vent rufous ; on the chin and fore part of the neck a large, pale 

 rufous spot ; the wings, when closed, reach to the middle of the 

 tail. 



Inhabits India ; met with near Sylhet. In another drawing, 

 the forehead, as far as the middle of the crown, the whole sides of the 

 head and neck, to the belly are white, crossing in a narrow ring at 

 the lower part of the neck ; chin, throat, thighs, and vent, rufous ; 

 the eye surrounded with black, which curves downward for some way 

 on the neck ; bill, cere, and legs, lead-colour. 



The Bengal Falcon is also found in Java, but the specimens are 

 smaller, and somewhat dilFering in plumage, which is in general on 

 the upper parts and hypochondres, black ; forehead, chin, throat, 

 a streak over the eye, and axillaries, white ; quills and tail feathers 

 fasciated with white on the inner webs; belly and forepart of the 

 shins inclined to ferruginous. Called in Java, Allap, or Allap- 

 Allap.* 



137_SOOLO FALCON. 



Falco Soloensis, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 137. — Horsfield. 



LENGTH 1 1 inches. Plumage above cinereous lead-colour ; 

 beneath dusky ferruginous ; quills black ; wing coverts white at the 

 base ; tail feathers, the outer one excepted, banded with black ; the 

 under part whitish. 



Inhabits Java, and there called Allap-Allap-lallar. 



* Lin. Trans, v. liii. p. 135. — Horsfield. 



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