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BLACK-WINGED FALCON. 



Falco melanopterus. F, cams, subtus albus, cauda subrvfescente 



subfoijicata, alarum tectricibus nigris. 

 Grey Falcon, white beneath, with subrufescent subforficated 



tail and black wing-coverts. 

 Falco melanopterus. F. pedibus plumosiSy corpore coerulescente 



subtus albo, tectricibus alarum nigris. Lath. ind. orn. suppl. 

 Le Blac. Levaill. ois. pi, 36. 37. 



SizEof a Kestril: irides orange : bill black : legs 

 short and yellow: the female, as usual in this 

 genus, is somewhat larger, and of less decided 

 colours. Native of Africa : supposed to feed prin- 

 cipally on insects of the locust tribe. 



IIADL\TED FALCON. 



Falco radiatus. F. ferrugi?ieus, nigro striato-maculatus, alis 



caudaque elongatafuscis nigra fasciatis. 

 Ferruginous Falcon with black streaks and spots, with brown 



quill- feathers and lengthened tail, both barred with black. 

 Falco radiatus. F. nigro radiato-maculatus, corpore ferrugineo, 



alis caudaque elongatafuscis. Lath, ind. orn. suppl. 

 Radiated Falcon. Lath. syn. suppl. 2. 



Length nearly two feet: colour bright ferru- 

 ginous, with numerous black spots and linear 

 streaks: bill black; cere, orbits, and legs blue: 

 quill-fcathers and tail brown with several black 

 bars. Native of New Holland. 



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