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FALCONIDiE. 



deepest when aged : on the broader webs of the tail- 

 feathers are eight or nine whitish lunules, which are 

 marbled and edged with brown, and the feathers are 

 also rayed with distinct grey-brown bands on a dusky 

 ground : at the base of the wing-quills are also several 

 irregular whitish bands : the rest of the plumage, as 

 well as the tarsal feathers, is dusky, 



Sp. 7. Aq. Sinensis. 



Falco Sinensis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 88. — China. 



Sp. Aq. 8. fucosa. 



Aq.Jmsco nigricans, rufo variegata, caudd elongala, cuneiformd. 

 Dusky-brown Eagle variegated with rufous, with an elongated 

 wedge-formed tail. 



Falco fucosus. Cuvier. — Temm. PL Col. 32. 



Inhabits New Holland. Length two feet and a 

 half : the prevailing colour of the plumage brownish- 

 black varied with yellowish -red : the throat and fore 

 part of the neck are dusky-brown : head and neck 

 beautiful golden-red : wings more or less varied with 

 the same on a brown ground : the rest of the body, 

 the secondaries, and the tail above are dusky-brown : 

 the tail is yellowish beneath with indistinct bands ; 

 and the tips of its feathers are reddish : beak and legs 

 yellow. 



B. Aloe breves, B. Wings short. 



GENUS XIII.— HARPYIA, Cuvier. HARPY. 



nostrum supr^ convexum ; 

 mandihula superior sub- 

 dentata ; nares semilu- 

 nares, transversae. 



Beak above convex; the 

 upper mandible somewhat 

 dentate ; nostrils semilu- 

 nar, transverse. 



