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PURPLE-THROATED FALCON. 



^ Falco formosus. F. mgro-cceruleus, gula purpurea, femorihus 



crissoque albo-purpurasccntibus. 

 Blackish-blue Falcon, with purple throat, and purplish white 



thighs and vent. 

 Falco cera orbitis pedibusque luieis, juguh purpiireo, corporc 



supra ccerukscenfe-rubro, abdomine incarmto. Lath. ind. orn, 

 Falco aquilinus. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 Red-Throated Falcon. Lath. sijn. 



Petit Aigle d'Amerique. Buff. ois. 1. p. 142. PL Enl. 417. 



Native of South America : cere, orbits, and legs 

 yellow: irides orange-coloured: length from six- 

 teen to eighteen inches. First described by Buffon, 

 who seems to have been unacquainted with any 

 particulars relative to its habits or history. 



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NEW-ZEALAND FALCON. 



Falco Novae Zelandiae. F. ferrugineo'fuscus, subtus albido 

 longitudinaliter striatus, rostro subcceruko 'culturino, colli 

 pennis laxis. 



Ferruginous brown Falcon, beneath striated longitudinally 

 with whitish 3 the beak blueish and vulturine, and the fea- 

 thers of the neck loose. 



New Zealand Falcon. Lath, syn, 



Male eighteen inches long: female twenty- 

 three : cere and legs yellow : tail crossed by 

 subluteous bands; and sometimes by whitish ones. 

 Native of New Zealand. 



