230 FALCON. 



165.— CREAM-BELLIED FALCON. 



LENGTH 20in. Bill lead-colour, the vipper mandible furnished 

 Avith a double notch, the under short at the end, and scooped out ; 

 cere pale; round the eye bare and bluish; plumage in general, above 

 brown, the inner second quills marked with a nifous spot on each 

 side of the shaft ; all the greater quills the same, about half way 

 from the base ; tail as the quills, the two middle feathers marked 

 wtli a rufous spot on each side of the shaft ; all the under parts of 

 the body cream-colovir ; marked down the chin, forepart of the 

 neck, and breast, with brown streaks ; belly and vent plain ; thighs 

 and sides under the wings brown ; tail eight inches long, and the 

 wings, when closed, reach nearly to the end of it ; legs three inches 

 long, greenish blue, moderately strong, and scaly ; claws stout. 



Inhabits New South Wales. — In the collection of Gen. Da vies. 



166.— BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE. 



THIS is full two feet in length. Bill black ; cere yellow ; 

 irides hazel ; general colour of the plumage above brown, the 

 feathers somewhat pointed at the ends, with a black line doAvn the 

 shafts of those of the head, neck, upper and under wing coverts ; 

 the rest of the wing deep brown, nearly black ; under parts of the 

 body nearly the same as the neck and wing coverts ; tail forked, the 



