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outer feathers ten inches in length, and much the same in colour as 

 the quills ; legs stout, scaly, jellow ; claws bluish black. 

 Inhabits New South Wales ; said to be a female. 



167.— ASH-BROWN FALCON. 



LENGTH loin. Bill black ; cere yellow ; plumage above 

 brownish ash-colour, beneath wholly white ; quills and tail dark 

 brown, the last eight inches long, crossed with twelve or fourteen 

 obsolete dusky bars ; quills much the same, but with bars only on 

 the inner webs ; legs three inches long, stout, and yellow, the feathers 

 of the thighs hang some way over the joint on the forepart ; claws 

 long and pale. 



Inhabits New South Wales. 



163.— DARK FALCON. 



SIZE uncertain, seemingly acquiline. Bill large, stout, black ; 

 cere dusky ; plumage in general brown ; breast and under parts pale 

 brown ; wings darker than the rest ; tail pale brown, with the end 

 dark brown ; the wings reach to about one-third of the length ; legs 

 stout, bluish ; claws black. 



Inhabits New-Holland, by the name of Wee-a-rara. 



