276 FALCON. 



220.— SALVADOR FALCON. 



Falco palustris, ilfaxjw. TVau. i. p. 93. 



LENGTH 19in. 8 lines. Head sun-ounded with an OsvYs 

 crown, of a mixture of yellowish white and dark brown ; over the 

 eye a whitish stripe; all the upper parts of the plumage dark brown; 

 lower parts pale yellowish red, with dark brown, longitudinal stripes; 

 throat dark brown ; thighs and rump rusty red ; quills and tail ash 

 grey, with dark brown, transverse stripes. 



Inhabits Brazil, met with near the Villa de St. Salvador. — 

 Prince Maximilian calls it a beautiful species of Kite, but does not 

 mention the shape of the tail. 



221.— ST. JOHNS FALCON. 



Falco S. Johannis, /)j J. Or«. i. 34. Gm. Lin. i. 273. Daitt/. ii. 105. Shaw's ZooLVn. 



150, 

 St. John's Falcon, Gen. St/n. i. 77. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 93. pi. 9. 



BILL horn-colour, with a black tip ; cere yellow ; forehead 

 white ; head and neck ferruginous ; chin the same, a little mottled ; 

 upper parts of the body deep brown, the margins of the feathers 

 paler, some of them nearly white ; ridge of the wing white ; thighs 

 feathered to the toes, marked with broad and narrow streaks ; base 



