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BLACK-THROATED FALCON. 



Falco melanobronchos. F. rufescenSy nigro fasciatus, capite 



pallido nigro lineato,jtiguh nigro. 

 Rufescent Falcon, barred with black, the head pale with black 



streaks, and the throat black. 

 Falco nigricollis. Lath. ind. orn. Black- Necked Falcon, 



Lath. syn. 



This bird was in the Leverian Museum, and 

 was said to be a native of Cayenne. Its length 

 was nearly two feet; its colour rufous transversly 

 barred with black, the bars on the under parts 

 being much narrower than on the upper: the 

 head pale, with longitudinal black streaks : the 

 throat and larger quill-feathers black ; the bill dark 

 brown, and the legs yellow. 



PIED FALCON. 



Falco picatus. F. (albicollis.) pedibus flams, capite collo dorso 

 antice corporeque subtus albis, pennis inter scapularibus waculis 

 quadratis nigris, alis nigris albo maculafis. Lath. ind. orn. 



White Falcon, with yellow legs, interscapular- feathers marked 

 with square black spots, and black quill-feathers spotted 

 internally with white. 



Mentioned by Mr. Latham in his Supplement 

 under the title of fVhite-Necked Falcon. Said to 

 inhabit Cayenne. Length one foot ten inches, 



