FALCONID^. 



0,5 



Inhabits Guiana. Length fifteen inches : its beak 

 is bright blue beneath : cere blue : legs yellow : the 

 general colour of the plumage ashy-bluish : the under 

 parts of the body are banded with whitish : the tail 

 has two black bands, and its tip is white. 



STIRPS II.— ACCiPiTRINA. (HAWKS.) 



Rostrum breve a hasi adunciim; alee breves ; reniex quarta ple- 



rumque longissima. 

 Beak short, hooked from the base ; imngs short ; the fourth quill 



generally largest. 



GENUS XVIII.— DiEDALION, Vigors. 



Rostrum breve. 

 Tarsi mediocres ; acrotarsia 

 reticulata. 



Beak short. 



Tarsi moderate; acrotarsia 

 reticulated. 



Sp. 1. Dae cachinans. 



Falco cachinans. Shaiio, v. vii. p. 156. Vieil. Gal. des Ois. 

 pi. 19. — South America. 



* Sp. 2. Dee. melanops. 



Falco melanops. Shauo, v. vii. p, 175 ? — Cayenne. 



GENUS XIX.— ASTUR Auctorum. GOSHAWK. 



Rostrum breve; nares sub- 

 ovales. 



Tarsi mediocres ; ac7'otarsia 

 scutellata. 



Sparvius pars. Vieillot. 



Beak short; nostrils nearly 

 oval. 



Tarsi moderate ; acrotarsia 

 scutellated. 



Sp. 1 . As. palumbarius. 



Falco palumbarius. Shaw, v. vii. p. 11 S. pi. 20. — Falco gen- 

 tilis. Shaxtjy v. vii. p. 122 — Britain; the northern parts of 

 Europe and Asia. 



