FALCON. 287 



the rest of the head white, with a large spot of dusky at the back 

 of the neck ; all the upper parts dusky, except the tail, of which 

 the two middle feathers are plain, the rest crossed with dusky and 

 white bands ; some of the greater quills have also the same markings ; 

 all beneath, from the chin, snow white ; upper and vmder tail coverts 

 banded brown and white ; legs bluish white. 



I met with this in a collection of birds, but without any history 

 annexed ; the size omitted to be noticed. 



235— SPOTTED-TAILED HOBBY.— Pl. XII. 



Falco plumbeus, Ind. Orn.i. 49. Gm. Lin.'u 283. Daud. ii. 131. Shaw's Zool, vii. 



196. 

 Milvus Cenchris, Le Milan Cresserelle. Vieill. Am, Sept. i. 38. pl. 10. 

 Spotted-tailed Hobby, Gen. 5yn. i. 106. 



SIZE of a Sparrow-Hawk, but with a shorter tail; length 14|^ 

 inches; breadth 2ft. 11 in. Bill black, cere dusky yellow, irides 

 red ; through the eye a broad black streak ; head, neck, and lower 

 part of the back cinereous, the plumage elsewhere darker, almost 

 lead-colour on the shoulders ; but the quills, tail, second coverts, and 

 quills are pale, and the middle of the prime ones fine rufous ; 

 the first quill is two and a half inches shorter than the 

 second, and that one inch shorter than the third, which is the longest 

 of all ; tail dusky lead-colour, nearly even, the two middle feathers 

 plain, the others marked with three white spots on the inner web, 

 one near the end, the second about the middle, and a third near the 

 base ; wings and tail nearly even in length ; legs dull yellow, with 



