248 PALCON. 



colour, not unlike that of the Hen-Harrier, inclming to grey ; under 

 wing- coverts pale lead-colour, barred with white ; tail black, crossed 

 with two white bars, one at the base, and another within 2^ in. 

 of the end, the tip is also nearly white ; on the inner webs of all the 

 quills a large spot of white ; the Avings, when closed, reach about 

 half way on the tail, which is rounded at the end ; legs smooth, 

 yellow, but the toes, and half an inch above them, very rough 

 and scal3^ 



Inhabits Cayenne, 



189— STREAKED FALCON. 



Falco melanops, Ind. Orn. i. .37. Daud. ii. 117. 

 Streaked Falcon, Gen, Syn. Sup. p. 34. 



SIZE of a Rook ; length 15^ inches. Bill black ; cere yellow ; 

 head and neck white, streaked with black ; through the eye a trace 

 of the same ; back and Aving coverts black, spotted with white ; 

 quills black; tail the same, crossed in the middle with a bar of white, 

 also a few spotn of white on the inner webs of some of the outer 

 feathers ; under parts of the body white ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits Cayenne. The female, as in others of the genus, is 

 larger, as one of this sex, in General Davies drawings, is said to 

 be t\A^enty inches long. 



