295. 
*296. 
“297. 
191 
Falco cuvieri Smith, S. Afr. Q. Jnl., i., 
p- 392 (1830). [Cafferland, near Kai River.) 
African Hobby. 
Wing $ 215 mm.; above dark slate grey, 
blackish on interscapulary region; pri- 
maries and tail feathers dark brown, latter 
barred with fulvous on inner web; fore- 
head buffy white; throat and sides of 
neck white, washed with rufous; below 
rusty red, with central streaks of black 
on breast and sides; under wing-coverts 
buff, streaked with black. 
Falco deiroleucus Temm. Pl. Col. i., livr. 59, 
pl. 348 (1825). [S¢. Francis I., Sta. Cater- 
ina, Brazil.| 
[ =F. aurantius Gmel., auct.] 
Orange-breasted Falcon. 
Wing ¢ 240, 29278 mm. ; above black, most 
of the feathers bordered with slate grey ; 
tail with 3 bars of greyish white ; throat 
white ; below chestnut, except lower breast 
and under wing-coverts which are black, 
tipped and spotted with rufous buff. 
Falco albigularis albigularis Daud., Traité, 
ii., p. 131 (1800). [Cayenne.] 
[F. rufigularis Daud., a synonym.] 
White-throated Bat Falcon. 
Wing ¢ 185, 9 212-225 mm. ; above slaty 
black; tail black, tipped with white, and 
with 3 or 4 narrow bands of greyish white ; 
throat and sides of neck orange rufous to 
white with a tinge of rufous ; upper breast 
and sides black, finely barred with white ; 
abdomen, thighs and under tail-coverts 
chestnut. 
S. and W. Africa 
from Cape to 
Gold Coast and 
Shoa; cas. in 
Egyptian Sudan 
South and 
Central 
America ; 
Brazil to 
Guatemala. 
South and Cen- 
tral America, 
from Argentina 
to Mexico. 
