FALCON. 265 



207,— YELLOW-TOED FALCON. 



LENGTH 31 in. Bill black; cere yellowish brown, also the 

 base of the under mandible ; plumage in general deep chocolate 

 broivu ; except the tail, which is barred, paler brown and dirty buff; 

 the two middle feathers wliolly, the rest only on the inner webs ; tail 

 near eight inches in length, the ends of the feathers ferruginous clay- 

 colour ; legs two inches long, stout, brown ; toes long and yellow ; 

 claws sharp, hooked, black; legs feathered half way on the shins; 

 gi-eat quills baned three or four times with dark and dusky white. 



Native place uncertain — Mr. Bullock. 



208.— AjVIERICAN BUZZARD. 



Faico borealis, Ind. Orn. i. p. 2^. Gni. Lin. i. 266. Daud. ii. 157. Shawns Zool. vii; 



p. 112. 

 Accipiter nificaudatus, Autour a queue rousse, VieilL Am. 43. pi. 14. bis. 

 Red-tailed Falcon, Arct. Zool. ii. No. 100. Am. Orn. vi. pi. 52. f, 1. 

 Great Eagle Hawk, Bartr. Trav. 2S6. 

 American Buzzard, Gen. Si/n. i. p. 50. 



8IZE of the common Buzzard, at least; length 1ft. 11 in. ; 

 breadth 4ft. Sin. Bill black ; cere yellow; plumage above dusky 

 reddish brown; beneath paler, a little mottled on the fore part of the 

 neck and breast ; chin, belly, and vent, white, each feather of the 



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