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STONE FALCON. 



Falco Lithofalco. F» cera lutea, corpore supra cinereo, suhtu$ 

 rufo maculis longitudi?ialibusfuscts, cauda cinerea, versus apicem 

 mgricantCf apice alba. Lin, Syst. Nat, Gmel. 



Falcon with luteous cere^ body grey above, beneath rufous 

 with longitudinal dusky spots^ and cinereous tail black to- 

 wards the tip, which is white. 



F. Lithofalco. F. cera lutea, corpore fusco cinereo, suhtus ru* 

 fescente striis fuscis, rectricibus apice nigricantibus albo fermi" 

 natis, lateralibus nigro fasciatis. Lath, ind, orn. 



Stone-Talcon. Will. orn. Le Rochier. Buff, ois. PI. Enl, 

 447. 



Thls species, according to Monsieur Sonnini, is 

 rather smaller than the Kestril, measuring some- 

 thing more than twelve inches in length: the wings, 

 when closed, reach about three quarters the length 

 of the tail : the first feather of the wings is much 

 shorter than the second, which is the longest of all : 

 the feathers on the upper part of the head and 

 body, with the wing-coverts, are cinereous with 

 black shafts : between the nostrils and the eye is 

 a slight mixture of reddish: the throat and lower 

 part of the neck are white with black shafts: the 

 upper part of the neck, the breast, bellj^, sides, 

 thighs, and lower tail-coverts are brown with black 

 shafts: the larger wing-feathers are brown, barred 

 transversly on their inner webs with white, except 

 the first, which is barred on both sides : the smaller 

 wing-feathers are cinereous, barred internally with 

 white : the tail cinereous, but blackish towards the 

 end, tipped with white, and marked by a few 



