FALCONIDiE. 



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Tarsi seraiplumati ; acro- 



tarsia scutellata. 

 Digiti liberi, externus ver- 



satilis ; ungues inaequales, 



acuti. 



Tarsi half-feathered; aero- 



tarsia scaled. 

 Toes free, the outer one 



versatile; clawsxm equal, 



acute. 



These birds chiefly frequent the sea-coast, and, 

 like the Ospreys, usually subsist on fishes. 



Sp. 1. Ha. leucocephalus. 



Falco leucocephalus, Shaw, v. vii. p. 78. — Faico ossifragus. 

 Shntv, p.8l. pL 18. — Falco albicilla. Shatv, v. vii. p. 79. — 

 Inhabits Britain, the north of Europe and of America. 

 Sp. 2. Ha. Ponticerianus. 



Falco Ponticerianus. ShatVj v. vii. p. 9 1 . — India. 

 Sp. 3. Ha. Blagrus. 



Falco Blagrus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 96. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 4. Ha. vocifer. 



Falco vocifer. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 94. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 5. Ha. vulturinus. 



Falco vulturinus. Shaiv, v, vii, p. 58. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 6. Ha. leucogaster. 



Ha. atro'fuscus, capite, collo, corpore suhtus, femoribus et apice 

 caudce albis. 



Dark-brovrn Sea- Eagle with the head, neck, body beneath, the 

 thighs, and tip of the tail, white. 



Falco leucogaster. Lath. Gen. Hist. i. p. 242. — Temm. PI. 

 Col. 49. 



Inhabits the islands in the North Pacific. Length 

 two feet nine inches : beak brownish-yellow and large : 

 head, neck, breast, belly, thighs, and vent, white : 

 back, wings, and tail, dark-brown, except the end 

 of the latter, which is white for three inches : legs 

 yellow, very stout : claws black. 



