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LURID FALCON. 



Falco discolor, F. griseo-nigricans, subtus ferrugineus, tectrici- 

 bus inferioribus alarum ^ caudce albis. Lath, suppl. ind, orn. 



Blackish-grey Falcon, beneath ferruginous, with the under 

 wing and tail-coverts white. 



Rusty and grey Falcon. Lath, suppl. 2. 



Mentioned by Mr. Latham from a description 

 given in the Transactions of the Natural History 

 Society of Paris : size not particularized : native of 

 Cayenne. 



S0NNINI*S FALCON. 



Falco Sonninensis. F, cauda subforcipata, corpora cinereo subitts 



albo, tibiis plumosis. Lath, suppl. ind. orn. 

 Falcon with subforcipated tail, cinereous body white beneath, 



and plumed legs. 



Length about a foot: bill very hooked, and an 

 inch long: cere and legs yellow: tail scarce per- 

 ceptibly forked unless when expanded. Native of 

 Egypt, where, according to Monsieur Sonnini, it 

 is comufion, hovering about over the rice-fields in 

 the manner of a Kestril. 



