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FALCON ID^. 11 



An inhabitant of Brazil, and described by M. Vieil- 

 lot in the above quoted work. It is black, glossed 

 with blue : its tail is white at the base and rounded : 

 the beak and claws are white : the legs are yellow : 

 the cere ashy-black : its length is about fifteen inches. 



GENUS VIII—POLYBORUS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum supra compressum ; 

 mandibula inferior Integra, 

 obtusa ; ceroma hispidum, 

 magnum. 



Gents gulaque implumes. 



Jugulum lanosum. 



Ungues obtusi. 



Caracara. Cuvier. 



Beak above compressed ; the 

 under mandible entire, ob- 

 tuse; ceroma hisped, large. 



Cheeks and throat naked. 

 Jugulum downy, 

 Claivs obtuse. 



Sp. 1. Po. Brasiliensis. 



Falco Brasiliensis. Shaw, v. \\u p. 106. Vieil. Gal. des Ois. 

 pi. 17. — Vultur Cheriway. Shaw, v.Yii.p. 43. — Brazil. 

 Sp. 2. Po. Novae Zselandise. 



Falco Novae Zaelandiae. Lath. Syn. i. pi. 4. — Shauo, v. vii. 

 p. 159. — Temm. PI. Col. 192, 224. — Australasia and adjacent 

 islands. 



Sp. 3. Po. degener. 



Falco degener. liliger. — Falco Caracca. Shaw, v. vii. 64 ? — 

 South America. 



GENUS IX.—PANDION, Savigny. OSPREY. 



Rostrum supra rotundatum ; 

 ceroma hispidum ; nares 

 lunulatas ad marginem su- 

 periorem membranaceae. 



Tarsi nudi; acrotarsia ri- 

 gid^ squamosa, reticulata. 



jB^aAr rounded above; ceroma 

 hisped ; nostrils lunulated, 

 membranaceous on the 

 upper edge. 



Tarsi naked ; acrotarsia 

 strongly scaled, reticu- 

 lated. 



