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LEVERIAN FALCON. 



Falco Leverianus. F. supra fuscus albo maculatiis, capite albo 



tccnia utriiique fusca, subtus albus cauda albo fasciata. 

 Falcon with the body brown above spotted with white, the 



head white with a brown stripe on each side j the under 



parts white, and the tail barred with white. 

 Falco Leverianus. Lath, ind, orn. Lever ian Falcon. LaJth, 



syn. svppl. 

 Leverian Falcon. Penn, Arct, ZooL 



Described hy Mr. Pennant. Size of a Buzzard : 

 bill clusky, and greatly hooked: head striped with 

 brown and v/hite: upper part of the body and 

 wings deep brown; each feather elegantly marked 

 at the end with a large white spot : the whole 

 under side of the body white : the outmost feathers 

 of the tail marked with nine white, and the same 

 number of dusky bars: middle feathers with dusky 

 and cinereous: the wings extend beyond the end 

 of the tail: legs strong and yellow. Native of 

 Carolina, from whence it was sent to Sir Ashton 

 Lever. 



