ORNITHOLOGY. 



PLATE XLV. 



FALCO THORACICUS 

 LONG-WINGED ORANGE-BREASTED HOBBY. 



ACCIPITRES. 



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GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill hooked, the base covered with a cere: head covered with 

 close set feathers : tongue bifid. 



* Legs naked. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Wings somewhat elongated: bill and legs yellow: body blackish : 

 back immaculate, tail barred with interrupted whitish lines : throat 

 and breast fulvous : thighs and vent rufous. 



Falco ThoracicuS: alis subelongatis : rostro pedibusque flavis : 

 corpore nigricante : dorso immaculato, cauda 

 fasciis albicantibus interruptis, jugulo pectoreque 

 fulvo, femoribus crissoque rufis. 



