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FALCONIDiE. 



Sp. 2. As. Novae Hollandiae. 



Falco Novae Hollandiae. Lath. Jnd. Orn, i.— Falco Novae Hol- 

 landige albus. Shaw, v, vii. p. 92. — New Holland. 



Sp. 3. As. hemidactylus. 



As. cinereo-plumbeus subtus pallidior, cauda rufescente Jasciis 

 dudbus nigris. 



Ashy-lead coloured Goshawk paler beneath, with the tail reddish, 



with two black bands. 

 Falco hemidactylus. Temm, PI. Col. 3. 



Inhabits Brazil. Plumage above ashy-lead co- 

 lour, rather paler beneath : the quills black, with a 

 broad white band : the tail with two very broad black 

 bands, and a third much narrower, and very indistinct 

 at its base ; also with two clear reddish bands : the 

 lower coverts bright reddish. Length about fifteen 

 inches. 



Sp. 4. As. gracilis. 



As. cinereo-plumbeus, subtus cinereo albidoque transverse striatus. 

 Ashy-lead coloured Goshawk, transversely striated with cinereous 



and whitish. 

 Falco gracilis. Temm. PI. Col. 91. 



Inhabits Brazil. Greatly allied to the preceding: 

 length eighteen or nineteen inches : the colour of the 

 plumage on the upper parts of the body rather of a 

 deeper ash, than in that bird : the lores, the cheeks, 

 and the throat are whitish : all the under parts are 

 transversely striped with bands of white and ashy : 

 the under tail-coverts are slightly tinged with an 

 isabella colour with very slight indications of trans- 

 verse stripes. 



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