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C^RULESGENT ^AWK^^^ 



Palco caerulescens. F. nigrO'Ccerulcscens, smtiti lut&uSf genis, 

 albis macula descendente nigra, remigibus recfricibusque intus- 

 albo'fasciatis, 



Blueish-Black Hawk, luteous beneath, with white cheek* 

 marked by a descending black spotj the quill and tall- 

 feathers barred internally with white. 



The little black and orange-coloured Indian Hawk. Edw. 

 pi. 108. 



Falco c.ierulescens. F. cera palpebris pedibus subtmqne luteus^ 



temporibus linea alba inclusiSi Lin. Spt. Nat. 

 Bengal Falcon. LatJusyn. 



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This very small and elegant species was first 

 described by Edwards under the title of the Little 

 black a?id orange- coloured Indian Hawk, The in- 

 dividual which he has figured seems to have been 

 a female bird, and appears to measure about six 

 inches in length : its colour on the upper parts is 

 an elegant glossy blue^-black, and on the under 

 parts bright orange-yellow : the orbits of the eyes 

 are bare and yellow ^ the forehead and sides of the 

 head white; and from each eye downwards runs 

 a long black spot or streak, as in several of the 

 Falcon tribe : the tail-feathers are crossed on their 

 inner webs by several white bars: the bill is blue, 

 and furnished with a strong tooth or process on 

 each side the upper mandible : the cere and legs 

 are yellow, and it is observable that the latter are 

 very strong, rather short, and that the proportions 



