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Inhabits New-Holland, but is not a common bird. The speci- 

 men from Avhich the above description was taken being caught alive, 

 was kept for two months, and fed with small birds, fisli, &c. 



Among the drawings of Gen. Hardwicke, is a bird answering 

 the above — length 12 in.; bill black; the eye in a small patch of 

 black, lengthened before, and pointed behind; bend of the wing 

 white ; tail plain, nearly white ; the wings reach rather beyond the 

 end, which is even ; legs yellow; claws black, 



From India ; met with at Lucknow. 



158.— PARAMETTA FALCON. 



SIZE of a Merlin, and somewhat like that bird. Bill small, 

 black ; irides yellow ; plumage above tine brown, the feathers 

 margined \Wth rufous; chin, throat, and breast, blotched brown and 

 white ; belly and thighs dusky white, barred with rufous; inner webs 

 barred with a pale colour ; tail even at the end, crossed with twelve 

 or fourteen pale clay-coloured bars, rather obscure, except on the 

 inner w ebs, where they are more conspicuous ; wings long, reaching 

 near to the end of the tail ; legs slender, long, yellow, claws black; 

 feathers of the thighs long, reaching half way on the shins. 



Inhabits New South Wales. 



A. — Length 15in. Bill black; cere yellow; plumage above 

 brownish ash-colour ; beneath wholly white ; quills and tail darker 



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