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FALCONID^. 



Fa. supra jfusco-nig rkansj remigibus nigris ; subtus castancus 

 gula pallidiore. 



Falcon above dusky-browrij with the quills black j beneath ches- 



nut, with the throat paler. 

 Falco Aldrovandi. Temm, PI. Col. 128 ? 



Inhabits Java. Length ten inches and a half. 



Sp. 1 5. Fa. tinnunculoides. Naterer.* — Temm. man. d'Orn. 2 Ed. 

 i.p.31. 



Fa. rufo-ruber, vertice lateribus capitis nuchaque pallide cinereis ; 



guld pallida ; remigibus, crisso, caudaque basi cceruleo-cinereo ; 



hcBc versus apicem fascia nigra, apice alba. 

 Rufous-red Falcon with the crown, sides of the head, and the 



nape, pale ash ; the throat pale j the quills, vent, and base of 



the tail bluish-ash ; towards the tip of the latter a black band, 



its tip white. 



Inhabits Europe. Length eleven inches : beak 

 bluish : cere, and round the eyelids, yellow : crown, 

 sides of the neck, and nape pale ash-colour: back, 

 scapulars, and greater part of the wing-coverts deep 

 rufous, inclining to red; some of the larger, the 

 second quills, rump, and nearly the whole of the tail 

 bluish-ash, near the end of the last a broad black 

 band, and the end white : throat pale : the rest of 

 the under parts pale reddish-rufous, marked with 

 longitudinal black streaks : legs yellow : claws pure 

 white. The female is rather larger. Said to feed on 

 beetles and large insects, rarely on small birds. 



Sp. 16. Fa.'^ aurantius. Shan)^ v. vii. 194. — South America. 



STIRPS IV.—BUTEONINA. (BUZZARDS.) 



Rostrum mediocre, a basi aduncum ; cauda cBqualis, 

 Beak mediocral, hooked from the base ; tail equal. 



