220 



FALCON, 



asli-colour; round the eyes pale ferruginous, but the eye itself is 

 placed in a bed of black, and a slender black streak above it ; the 

 rest of the neck, and all beneath, dull pale ferruginous, with 

 numerous pale lines, edged with dusky beneath ; back, wings, and 

 tail brown, with some mottlings of a darker colour on the first ; the 

 last long, even at the end, and the wings reach one-fourth on it ; 

 legs long, slender, dull red. 



Inhabits New-Holland. — Mr. Francillon. 



151.— PORT JACKSON FALCON. 



THIS is a large species, being in height 28 in. as it stands erect. 

 Bill stout, notched, dusky ; cere ash-colour ; head, neck, and under 

 parts white ; beliind the neck the feathers streaked with black, but 

 the lower part of it, the back, and wings are bro^vn ; the feathers in 

 general edged with light dun-colour ; >ving coverts white about the 

 shoulder; louver coverts and pinions marked with large brown spots; 

 insides of the wings and tail pearly grey; tail short, brown, the 

 quills reaching nearly to the end of it ; legs very stout, and warty ; 

 claws large, hooked, black. 



Inhabits New South Wales ; seen about Port Jackson. — In tlie 

 collection of General Davies. In another specimen, from which a 

 drawing was taken, the base half of the tail is black brown, the rest 

 white to the end. 



