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149.— NEW-HOLLAND FALCON. 



LENGTH 1ft. 10 in. Bill black-browii, with a considerable 

 swelling-, but no notch in the upper mandible ; half of the under one 

 and cere, as also between the bill and eye, yellow ; the lore sparingly 

 beset ^vith haiis ; plumage above deep chocolate brown, with a 

 mixture of white at the back of the neck ; wing coverts brown, the 

 lower series marked at the tip with rufous ; under wing coverts 

 marbled with pale rufous ; quills marked with five or six obscure 

 darker bars ; tail brown, ten inches long, with three broad bars of 

 black ; one at the base, another across the middle, and the third near 

 the end, the tip rufous ; all the feathers nearly equal in length ; 

 beneath, from the chin, wholly white; the feathers streaked with 

 brown down the middle, but more narrow as they proceed down- 

 wards, and on the belly are mere lines ; thighs feathered below the 

 joint ; the wings reach beyond the middle of the tail ; legs stout, 

 scaly, t^vo inches long, yellow ; shins feathered half the length ; 

 claws black. 



Inhabits New South Wales. — Li the collection of the late Gen. 

 Davies ; we have seen it also in that of Mr. Bullock. 



1.50.— ASH-HEADED FALCON. 



LENGTH about 30 in. Bill stout, with a conspicuous notch, 

 colour black ; cere pale yellow ; head, and part of the neck fine 



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