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160.— PACIFIC FALCON. 



Falco paclficus, Ltd. Orn. Sup: p. xiii. Skaw''s Zool. vii. 186. 

 Pacific Falcon, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 54. 



LENGTH from 16 to 18 in. Bill, irides, and legs yellow ; 

 head and most part of the neck white, bnt the rest of the plumage 

 generally brown, blotched on the back with dark spots ; belly 

 stieaked with black; tail long, even, crossed with seven or eight 

 oblique black bars; cjuills barred as the tail, but the ends are black; 

 the breast and belly are paler than the upper parts, marked with 

 d«sky, narrow streaks ; thighs and vent dusky white ; the quills 

 reach to more than half way on the tail. 



Inhabits New South Wales. Only one has been shot, but 

 others have been now and then seen, and is therefore supposed not 

 to be common. 



161,— LUNATED FALCON. 



Falco lunulatus, Ind. Orn, Sup. p. xiii. 

 Lunated Falcon, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 54. 



LENGTH about 12 in. Bill blue; forehead buff-colour; all 

 the upper parts of the jjlumage brown, also the wings and tail; 

 throat, and under pai-ts buff yellow, passing upwards in the shape 

 of a crescent, on each side, under the eye, and again below this, 

 but not so fer; the breast marked with numerous brown spots; 



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