FALCON. 289 



white ; upper part of the body and wings rufous and black, irregu- 

 larly mixed; quills dusky; secondaries edged with rufous; tail even, 

 black, with a narrow band of white about the middle, tip white ; all 

 the under parts of the body and thighs pale rufous, crossed with 

 darker markings ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits Cayenne ; differs from the Buzzarets, in not having 

 the quills reach beyond one-third on the tail ; in the latter they are 

 equal to it in length, and the bill is more broad, and shorter than 

 in tliat bird. It seems somewhat allied to the Spotted-tailed Hobby. 

 Que killed in Paraguay, in December, was 17^ in. long and 45 broad. 



237.— ORANGE-BREASTED HOBBY. 



Falcoaurantius, /?; J. Orn. i. 48. Gm. Lin.u 2S3. Daud.u. 130. Shaw's Zool. vii, 19-1. 

 L'Emerillon de couleur de plomb, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 39 ? 

 Orange-breasted Hobby, Gen, Si/n, i. 105. Id. Sup, p. 28. 



SIZE of the Hobby ; length 15 in. Bill lead-colour, with a 

 pale base ; plumage above dark brown ; all, except the crown, hind 

 part of the neck, and wing coverts, crossed with narrow, interrupted 

 whitish bars; feathers of the chin long, narrow, hairy, and whitish; 

 throat brownish orange, spotted with white ; breast orange ; belly 

 dark brown, barred with dusky buff-colour ; thighs ferruginous, 

 dashed with brown down the shafts ; under tail coverts the same, 

 barred with dusky ; tail as the back, the base half crossed with 

 narrow white bars ; the end half plain ; legs long and slender, lead- 

 coloured ; toes and claws long; the wings reach to the middle of the 

 tail. 



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