FALCONID^. 



Sp. I. Cy. hamatus. 



Cy. plumbeus aid fuscus rufo maculatus, remigibus nigris, basi 



tectricihusque inferioribus caudcB albis. 

 Lead-coloured Cymindis (or brown spotted with red) with the 



quills black, and the base of the tail and its lower coverts 



white. 



Falco hamatus. Illig. Temm. PI. Col. Gl, 231, juu. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length sixteen inches : the adult 

 bird has all the body, wings, and tail of a deep lead- 

 colour ; the tip of the secondaries slate-colour ; the 

 quills black : the base of the tail and the under co- 

 verts whitish : the irides bright red : the cere and 

 base of the beak bright orange : the legs reddish- 

 orange. The young have all the upper parts dull 

 brown, edged and spotted with reddish ; the top of 

 the head and the cheeks are marked with small yel- 

 lowish dashes : above the eyes is a yellowish stripe : 

 throat, and fore part of the neck whitish, marked with 

 yellow and brown spots and stripes : the lower parts 

 of the body are covered with large brown dashes, 

 edged with red and whitish : the under tail-coverts 

 are pure unspotted white or yellowish : tail-feathers 

 brown, ashy at their base and tips : irides reddish- 

 brown ; cere and base of the beak olive-green : legs 

 pale orange. 



B. Acrotarsiis reticulatis. B. Acrotarsia reticulated. 

 Sp. 2. Cy, uncinnatus. 

 Cy. plumbeus subtus pallidiore ; remigibus J^usco-plumbeo Jasciatis, 



basi caudcs albo, apice griseo ; rostro adunco. 

 Lead-coloured Cymindis, beneath paler; the quills banded with 



brown-ash, the base of the tail white, its tip griseous j the beak 



hooked. 



Falco uncinnatus. Temm. Fi. Col. 103,, 104, 115, jun. 



