FALCON. 295 



feathers of the last have a few round spots ; at the nape a kind of 

 half collar, mixed brown and white, passing to the eye beneath ; the 

 rest of the plumage black, though the root of each feather is white ; 

 quills varied with white on the outer webs ; tail crossed with four 

 narrow white bands, and a white tip ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits Paraguay. Whether this is distinct, or a mere variety 

 of the Sparrow-Hawkj does not seem certain. 



245.— ACCIPITRINE FALCON. 



Falco accipitrinus, Daud. ii. p. 87. Encyc. Meth. p. 687. col. 2. 



SIZE of a Merlin ; bill whitish, with a black tip ; general 

 colour of the plumage dusky brown ; cheeks, sides of the neck, 

 and under parts of the body greyish white, marked with transverse 

 bro^vn bands ; tail browii above, whitish beneath ; the intermediate 

 feathers banded with black ; legs long, slender, pale yellow. 



Inhabits Cayenne, but said to be rare.. 



246.— TINY FALCON. 



Falco tinus, Ind. Orn, i. 50. Daud. ii. 146. 

 Tiny Falcon, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 39. 



LENGTH to rump six inches; bill dusky; plumage above 

 cinereous bro^vn ; crown dusky white ; under parts of the body the 

 same, barred with dusky ; legs yellow. 



