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MADAGASCAR FALCON. 



Falco Madagascariensis. F. canus, supra nigro macidatus, suh- 

 tus striatuSf gcnis nudis, Cauda nigra fascia media alba. 



Grey Falcon> above spotted, beneath barred with blacky with 

 naked cheeks, and black tail with a white middle bar. 



L'Autour a ventre ray^ de Madagascar. Sonneraf. Voy, ImL 

 2. pi. 103. 



Size of a common Pheasant: bill black; legs 

 yellow: larger wing-feathers white halfway, with 

 oblique black bands; the tips black. Native of 

 Madagascar, where it was observed by Sonnerat. 



RHOMBEATED FALCON. 



Falco rhombeatus. F. supra griseus nigro fasciatus, capife mgro^ 

 subtus suhferrugineus, maculis rhombeatis nigris, cauda, fasciis 

 obliquis. 



Falcon with black head, upper parts grey barred with black, 

 lower parts pale ferruginous with rhombic black spots^ and 

 tail crossed by oblique black bars. 



Falco rhombeus, F. pedibus Jiavicantibus, supra griseus subtus 

 fuscus maculis rhombeisj recfricibus fasciis undecim obliquis 

 nigris. Lath.ind, orn. Rhomboidal Falcon. LatL suppL 



Native of India, frequenting the borders of the 

 Ganges: length nineteen inches. 



