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* This bird was about the size of a raven : 
the bill was strong, short, and of a blueish 
colour ; the cere and edges of the eye-lids 
yellow ; the irides red ; the head was small, 
flatted at the top, the fore part of a deep 
brown, the hind part white ; the sides of the 
head and throat were cream-coloured; the 
belly white, marked with oblong black spots; 
the hind part of the neck and the back were 
of a deep grey ; the wings were very long, 
and when closed reached beyond the train ; 
the first quill feathers were black, with a white 
tip ; the others were of a blueish grey, and 
their inner webs irregularly spotted with 
white ; the tail was long, and wedge-shaped ; 
the two middle feathers being the longest, 
were plain (the colour not mentioned), the 
rest spotted ; the legs were long, naked, and 
yellow." 
PALCO VERSICOLOR. 
SPOTTED FALCON. 
Pennant also gave a description of a Fal- 
con (shot at Longnor, in Shropshire), under 
the name of the Spotted Falcon, and on 
