256 PAXCON. 



shins covered with feathers, rufous and white, in rings ; tail long, 

 crossed with four alternate bands of black and grey ; the wings, 

 when closed, reach to about the middle ; toes yellmv. 



The female is bigger, wants the crest, and the colours are more 



dilute. - 



Inhabits Cayenne, 



B.<— Falco guianensis, Lid. Orn. Sup. p. viii. l)aud. 'u. p. 78. 

 Falco Sonnini, Shaw''s Zool. vii. p. 67. 

 Petit Aigle de Guiane, Mauduit Encycl, Method. 

 Guiana Goshawk, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 38. 



Length 22 in . Plumage white, except the quills and tail , which 

 are banded, or chequered grey and black, the colours opposing each 

 other on the different sides of the shaft ; hindhead crested ; the 

 feathers which are longer than the rest, marked with a black spot 

 near the end ; the wings reach two-thirds on the tail. 



Inhabits Cayenne, and is probably a second variety of the 

 Crested Goshawk. 



198.— BLACK HAWK. 



Falco niger, Black Hawk, Amer. Orn. y'l. p. 82. pi. 53. f. 1. 



LENGTH 21in. extent of wing 4ft. 2in. Bill bluish black ; 

 cere, sides of the mouth, and feet, orange-yellow ; irides bright 



