FALCINELLUS. — FALCO. 
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senegalensis Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 580. = Irrisor senegalensis Hartl. 
superbus Vieillot, Nouv. diet. hist. nat. XXVIII. 165. = Epimachus magnus Cuv. 
sibilator Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 580. = Irrisor sibilator Gray. 
FALCINELLUS Cuvier, Règne anim. 1829. I. 527. == Tringa Lin. 
Synon.: Erolia Vieill. 
Ont le bec un peu plus arqué que le cocorli et de plus ils manquent de pouce. 
cursorius Temminck. — Tringa subarquata Vieill. 
Cuvieri Bonaparte. == Tringa subarquata Vieill. 
pygmaeus Cuvier, Règne anim. I. 527. = Tringa subarquata Vieill. 
FALCIPENNIS Elliot, Tetraon. Tb. 11. == Tetrao falcipennis Hartl. 
FALCO (Falconidae. — Falco nom. propr.) — Linne, Syst. Natur. 17.35. — 
Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1227. — Naumann, Naturg. Vögel Deutschlds. I. — 
Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Falcones. 
Synon.: Timmnculus Vieill. — Hierofalco, Hierax Cuv. — Jerax, Harpagus Vig. — 
Cerchneis, Hypotriorchis Boie. — Terathopius, Diodon Less. — Bidens Spix. — Erythropus 
Brehm. — Aesalon, Jerofalco, Gennaja, Polihierax (Poliojerax) , Aegypius, Pannychistes, 
Tichornis, Poecilornis, Zerax, Spiziapteryx Kaup. — Helotarsus Smith. — Falcula Hodgs. 
— Jeracidea Gould. — Rhynchodon, Diplodon Nitzsch. — Hieracidea Strickl., — Lithofalco 
Bias. — Euhierax Webb. — Dendrofalco Gray. — Chiquera, Harpe Bonap. — Turamtia 
Blyth. — Hemihierax Burm. — Dissodectes Sclat. 
Corpus oblongum, variis coloribus pictum. Caput rotundatum, inter dum crista- 
tum. Bostrum basi déclive et cera obductum, crassum, lateratim compressum, culmine 
rotundato; mandibula superior marginibus dilatatis, pone apicem dentata, adunca, 
acuminata ; inferior brevior, subtus convexa, recta, versus apicem emarginata, obtusa. 
Nares orbiculares , in medio tuberculatae. Lingua carnosa, canaliculata , apice 
emarginata. Alae longae, remige secunda omnibus longiore. Tarsi breves aut crassi 
aut graciles. Pedes tetradactyli, digiti exteriores basi membrana connexi. Ungues 
subaequales. Cauda rectricibus duodecim. — 50 Specc. 
abbreviates Liciitenstein, Nomenciator Avium 3. == Buteo albifrons Schleg. 
abbreviatus Cabanis, Schomb. Reise III. 739. = Buteo Cabanisi Schleg. 
abietinus Beckstein, Naturg. Deutschi. II. 752. = Falco communis Lin. 
accipitrinus Daudin, Traité Ornith. II. 87. — Guiana. 
Acoli Latham., Ind. Ornith. Suppl. = Circus cinereus Vieill. 
aegyptius Gmëlin, Syst. Natur. I. 261. — Milvus aegyptius Gray. 
aequinoctialis Gmelin, Syst. Natur. L 265. = Buteo aequinoctialis Gray. 
aequipar Cuvier, teste Pucheran. = Circus Swainsoni Smith. 
aeruginosus Linne, Syst. Natur. L 130. = Circus aeruginosus Sav. 
aesalon Gmelin, Syst, Natur. I. 284. — Naumann, Naturg. Vögel Deutschi. I. 
303. Tf. 27. [Europa. Africa. 
Emérillon Buffon, Pl. enlum. 447. 468. 
Falco lithofalco Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 278. — Brisson, Ornith. I. 349. 
— Nilsson, Ornith. suec. I. 48. — Degland, Ornith. Europ. L 91. 
Falco regulus Pallas, Reise IL 707. 
Falco sibiricus Shaw, Gener. Zool. VII. 307. 
Falco smirillus Savigny, Desçr. l'Egypte XXVIII. 279. 
Falco caesius Meyer u. Wolf, Taschenb. Vögel Deutschi. I. 60. 
Rhynchodon aesalon Nitzsch, Pterylographie 80. 
Falco subaesalon Brehm, Naumannia 1855. 
Hypotriorchis aesalon Gray, Genera Birds I. 20. 
Tinnuncidus aesalon Blyth, Catal. Birds asiat. Mus. 16. 
Falco (Aesalon) aesalon Kaup, Wiegm. Arch. 1850. XVI. 30. 
Aesalon aesalon Kaup, Oken's Isis 1847. 59. 
Hypotriorchis lithofalco Gray, Genera Birds I. 20. 
Aesalon orientalis Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 269. 
Aesalon regulus Blyth, Ibis 1863. V. 
Merlin, Schmerl, Steinfalk, Zwergfalk, kleiner Lerchenstosser. • — Spagnolet. 
Seker. — Dherjeh djeradieh. — Yuya. Gerâdyeh. — Saqr el gerâd. 
aesalon Swainson, Fauna bor. amer. Tb. 25. == Falco columbarius Lin. 
