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Sp. 8. Fa. femoralis. Temm. PI. Col. 121. 



Fa. supra cinereo-fuscus , subtus rufuSy infra poneque oculis fascia 



nigra, femoribus rufs. 

 Falcon above ashy-brown, beneath red, with a black band above 



and behind the eye, and red thighs. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length rather more than a foot : 

 the upper parts of the body, the wing-coverts, the 

 tail, and the top of the head, are deep ashy -brown : 

 the tail-feathers, those of the middle excepted, are 

 transversely banded with reddish, and their tips are 

 also of that colour : the greater wing- coverts are 

 tipped with white ; the quills are outwardly black, 

 but are barred with white on their inner webs : be- 

 neath and behind the eye is a dash of black : on the 

 breast are several spots, which, with the middle of 

 the belly and the flanks, are deep purplish -black : 

 round the beak, the ears, the throat, the thighs, and 

 abdomen, the under tail-coverts, and the edges of 

 th^ wing are bright red : the beak is blue : the cere 

 yellow : the legs ash-colour. 



Sp. 9. Fa. Islandicus. Gmel. — Falco gyrfalco. Shaw, v. vii. 



p. 1 20. — Inhabits Britain and the northern parts of Europe. 

 Sp. 10. Fa. subbuteo. Shaw, v. vii. p. 193. pi. 25. — Britain and 



Europe. 



Sp. 1 1. Fa. sesalon. Shaw, v. vii. p. 196. — Falco lithofalco. Shaw, 



V. vii. p. 182. pi. 24 — Britain and other parts of Europe. 

 Sp. 12. Fa. rufipes. Becks. — Falco vespertinus. Shaw, v. vii. 



p. 190.— Inhabits ? 



Sp. 13. Fa. peregrinus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 128. — Falco communis. 



Shaw, V. vii. p. 124. — Falco stellatus. Shaw, v. vii. p, 154. — 



Britain and Europe. 



Sp. 14. Fa. severus. Linn. Trans. (Horsfield.) xiii. p. 135. 



