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RUFOUS-HEADED FALCON. 



Falco meridionalis. F. cera gxilaque luteis, capite colloque rufis 

 fusco nigrove striatis, abdomine albido fascioUs drier eis, rectrici- 

 bvs quatuor intermediis fascia miicay later alibus sex paUidis, 

 Lath. ind. orn. 



Falcon with luteous cere and throaty rufous head and neck 

 •with black or brown streaks, white belly with ash-coloured 

 bars, the two middle tail-feathers marked by a single and the 

 side ones by six pale bands. 



Falco meridionalis. Lath. ind. orn, 



Kufous-Headed Falcon. Lath, syn. 



Native of Cayenne: scapulars ash-coloured 

 barred with brown: quills cream-colour, barred 

 with narrow black lines : length nineteen inches. 



FORSKAHL*S FALCON. 



Falco Forskahlii. Falco cera pedibusque semilanatis fiavis, snpra 

 cinerejis subtus ferruginens, alis supra fuscis, cauda forjicata 

 fusco-fasciata longitudine corporis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 



Falcon with cere and half-feathered legs yellow^ above cinere- 

 ous, beneath ferruginous, the wings brown above, the tail 

 forked, of the length of the body, and banded with brown, 



Falco aegyptius. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 



Falco cinereo-ferrugineus, Forsk. F. Arab, 



Native of Egypt, where it is said to be very 

 common in summer : size somewhat smaller than 

 a common Kite: length eighteen inches. By an 

 oversight, very pardonable in arranging this nu- 



