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dusky dashes : the head, throat, fore part of the neck 

 and back, black, more or less spotted with paler : the 

 under parts are dull white, tinged with red, and 

 varied with brown and reddish spots, which disappear 

 with age : the tail is white, irregularly barred with 

 brown lines at unequal distances. The wings in this 

 species reach to the tip of the tail. 



Sp. 8. Bu. paecilonotus* 



Bu. alhus alis nigris maculis albis ; cauda fascia nigra, hasi 

 apiceque albis. 



White Buzzard with the wings black spotted with white ; the tail 



with a black band j its base and tip white. 

 Falco psecilonotus. Cuv. Temm. PL Col. 9. 



Inhabits Guiana. A beautiful species, with the 

 body white, as well as the base and apex of the tail : 

 the wings black spotted with white ; the spots being 

 of the form of a crescent : the beak is black : the 

 legs yellowish. 



Sp. 9. Bu. borealis. 



Falco borealis. Shatv, v. vii. p. 112. — Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vi. 

 pi. 52.y. 1 . — North America. 

 Sp. 10. Bu. Leverianus. 



Falco Leverianus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 151. — North America. 



B. T arsis plumatis, B, Tarsi feathered. 

 Sp. 11. Bu. lagopus. 



Falco lagopus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 145. — Falco pennatus. Shatv ^ 

 V. vii. p. 146.— Falco St. Johannis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 149 ? — Eng- 

 land and the north of Europe. 



Sp. 12. Bu, niger. 



Bu. supra Jusco-niger albo sparsus, subtus niger, fronte albo, 

 remigibus quinque primoribus interne albis, caudd nigra Jasciis 

 angustis quinque albis, apice albido. 



