212 FALCON. 



141.— RED-LEGGED FALCON. 



Falco Gabar, Jnd. Orii. Sup. p. x. Daud. ii. 87. Shaw's Zool. vii. 202. 

 Le Gabar, Levail. Ois.i. p. 136. pi. 33. 

 Epervier Gabar, Datid.W. p. 87. 

 Red-legged Falcon, Geii. Syn. Sup, ii. p. 47. 



SIZE of the Sparrow-Hawk, and the wings, as in that bird, 

 do not reach much beyond the rump, but it is stouter in proportion, 

 and the tail rather shorter. The bill is black; cere and legs fine red; 

 iiides yellow ; head, neck, upper parts of the body, and wings, 

 grey brown ; upper and lower tail coverts white ; quills dusky, 

 banded beneath, and the second quills tipped Avith white ; tail even, 

 banded darker and lighter brown, beneath the same with black and 

 white ; fi'om the chin to the breast bluish grey, and from thence to 

 the vent dusky white, crossed with light brown bands. 



The female is one-third larger than the male. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, but found only in the interior 

 parts, on the borders of the river Swarte-kop and Sondag, also about 

 Karow, Camdeboo, and other parts, but not at the Cape itself ; said 

 to lay about four white eggs, the size of those of the Sparrow-Hawk, 

 and to hatch in September. 



