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PLATE CCXLIL 



FALCO NISUS. 



SPARROW HAWK, 



ACCIPITRES. 



GENERIC CHARACTER 



Bill hooked, the bafe covered with a cere : liead covered with clofe 

 fet feathers : tongue bifid. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Cere green^ legs yellow ; abdomen white undulated with grey : tail 

 banded with blackifti. 



Falco Nisus : cere viridi, pedibus flavis, abdomine albo-griieo 

 undulalo, cauda fafciis nigricantibus. Linn, 

 Faun, Suec. 68. — Scop. Ann, I, p, 17. — GmeL 

 Linn, Syjl, Nat. 280. 31. 

 Accipiter. Brifs. Orn. p. 89- n. I. 

 Accipiter fringillarius. Gejn. Av. 51. 



Aldr. Orn. I. p. 344. t. 346, 347. 

 Vol, X. L BtU. 



