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FALCONIDvE. 



A. Tarsis niidis. J. Tarsi naked, 



Sp. 1 . Bu. tachardus. 



Falco tachardus. Shaw, v. 201. — Southern Africa. 



Sp. 2. Bu. Jackal. 



Falco Jackal. Shatv, v. vii. 173. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 3. Bu. busarellus. 



Falco bazarellus. Shaw, v. vii.p. 203. — Cayenne. 

 Sp, 4. Bu. buson. 



Falco buzon. Shaw, v. vii. p. 202.--Cayenne. 

 Sp. 5. Bu. tachiro. 



Falco tachiro. Shaw, v. vii. p. 201. — ^Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 6. Bu. vulgaris, 



Falco Buteo. Shaw, v. vii. p. 109.— Falco variegatus. Shaw, 

 V. y'li. p. 112. — Britain and Europe. 

 Sp. 7. Bu. pterocles. 



Bu. schistaceus subtus albus, hypochondriis lateribusqiie abdo^ 

 minis rufo transversim undulatis ; caudd alba versus apicem 

 fascia nigra. 



Slate-coloured Buzzard beneath white, with the flanks and sides 

 of the abdomen transversely waved with rufous 3 the tail white, 

 with a black bar towards the tip. 



Falco pterocles. Temm. PI. Col. 56. 139. jun. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length sixteen or seventeen 

 inches : the adult bird has the throat, head, cheeks, 

 neck, and top of the back and wings slate-colour: 

 the scapulars clear red, with brown spots : the fore 

 part of the neck and all the under parts of the body 

 pure white; with the flanks, the sides of the abdo- 

 men, and the under wing-covers, transversely striped 

 with reddish zigzag lines ; the tail, which is rather 

 short, is of a pearly white, with a broad black band 

 near its tip ; the white is marked with six or seven 

 transverse lines above, and beneath with a few blotches. 

 The young have the lores and forehead white : the 

 cheeks and sides of the neck reddish-yellow, with 



