224 FALCON. 



156.— LEADEN-BACKED HAWK. 



SIZE imcertain. Bill black; cere yellow; the back, wings, 

 and one third of the base of the tail, bluish lead-colour ; the rest of 

 the bird wholly white ; legs stout, yellow ; claws black ; tail nearly 

 even^ and the wings reach almost to the end of it. 



Inhabits New-Holland.- — Among the drawings in the collection 

 of Mr, Francillon, is one similar, as to distribution of colour ; the 

 legs flesh-colour. 



157.— AXILLARY FALCON. 



Falco axillaris, Ind. Om. Sup.Yt.ix. Shaiv's Zool.v'n. 173. 

 Axillarj' Falcon, GeiuSi/n.Sup.W. p. 42. - 



SIZE and shape of the Hen-Harrier, but different in colour, and 

 without the wi'eathed feathers round the lower part of the head. Bill 

 black ; tongue bifid at the tip ; irides orange ; plumage above 

 cinereous blue, beneath whitish ; over the eye, and close to it, a 

 long, irregular, narrow streak of black ; a large, long patch of black 

 also occupies a greater part of the wing coverts ; quills black, and 

 reach to the end of the tail, the last rounded at the end, and of a 

 moderate length ; legs short, stout, and pale yellow. 



