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mg it clothed in that plumage and of those 
dimensions in which it has most usually oc- 
curred to us. 
The following is the description of the 
Stone Falcon as given by Montagu. " The 
length of the bird in question is about twelve 
inches; bill, lead colour; cere and irides, yel- 
low. The feathers on the crown and back 
of the head, brownish cinereous, with black 
shafts; throat, cream colour, with very narrow 
brown streaks; forehead, cream colour, with 
a very narrow line extending over the eye; 
cheeks, back of the neck, and breast, rufous, 
with longitudinal spots of brown; thighs, pale 
rufous, with a few very narrow brown lines 
pointing downwards; the back, scapulars, 
and wing coverts, blueish cinereous, with 
black shafts to the feathers : the prime quills 
have their inner webs marked with six large 
white spots, the base edged with white; the 
outer web of the first feather is scalloped 
with white; the second and third feathers 
the longest. The wings when closed reach 
within an inch of the tail. The tail is blue- 
ish cinereous, with four black bars; that at 
the end an inch in breadth, the others nar- 
