296 FALCON. 



One of thsse was brought from Cayenne. The tail was wanting, 

 but in respect to the size of the body differs very little from the 



following. 



237.— PYGMY FALCON. 



SIZE of the Cinereovis Shrike; bill black, with a very con- 

 spicuous notch ; general colour of the plumage blackish above, and 

 white beneath ; thighs black ; over the eye a streak of white ; quills 

 black, on the inner webs six oval bars ; the rest beneath white, 

 barred with black ; tail black, even at the end, with five or six 

 white spots on the inner webs of the feathers ; legs dusky black. 



A specimen of this was exhibited May, 1812, for sale at Mr. 

 Christie's Room, Pall-JMall, without any account from whence it was 

 brought. 



