254 FALCON, 



mixed ; tail seven inches long, the two middle feathers crossed with 

 a bufF-coloured bar 1^ inch from the end, the others with five or six 

 bars of the same, and one at the tip ; quills cream-colour, barred 

 witli lines of black, the ends blackish ; secondaries the same, barred 

 only on the inner webs. 

 Inhabits Cayenne. 



196.— PLAIN FALCON. 



Falco obsoletus, Ind. Om. i. 38. G'm. Lin. i. 268. Daud. ii. 104; Shawns Zool. 



vii. 152. 

 Plain Falcon, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 30, Arct. Zool, ii. No. 104. 



LENGTH 25 inches. Bill black ; head dusky ; nape spotted 

 with white; back, wing coverts, and tail uniform deep brown; 

 fore part of the neck, breast, belly, and thighs the same, spotted 

 with white ; prime quills dusky, inner webs marked with great oval 

 spots of white, mottled wdth brown ; the two middle tail feathers 

 brown ; inner webs of the others mottled with white ; outer webs 

 and ends slightly edged with the same ; legs strong, yellow ; wings 

 and tail nearly equal in length. 



Inhabits Hudson's Bay. 



