’The Spotted Hawk Falcon. 
T his bw is of the Bignefs of a comnion CroWy as near as I could judge, and 
well lliaped ; the Head being pretty fiiiall and Iharp;* the Neck, Ihort; the 
upper Part of the Body pretty round, and fills tapering to a Narrownefs downward j 
the Train pretty long, and the Wings, reaching almoft to the End thereof; the Thighs^, 
inufcular and flrong ; ’the Legs, of middling Length, the Toes conne6ted by a Mem- 
brane a little way ; the Bill is hooked, and bent downward, having an Angle in the- 
upper Mandible, into which the lower or fhorter is received : The Bafe of the upper 
Mandible is covered with a Skin, in which are placed the Noftrils. The Bill is of a 
Lead-colour, the Cera of agreenifh Yellow; the Skin at the Corners of the Mouth of 
a redifh Yellow ; the Iris of the Eye is of a dark Colour^; round the Eye is a bare 
Space of Lcad-colour'd Skin the Top of the Head, Neck, Back, and upper Side of 
the Wings, are of a middling brown Colour;, the under Side from the Bill to the Tail,, 
is white, Ipotted in the Throat with little dafhes, of a dark Colour, tending downward,., 
which gradually change their Shape into the Form of Crelcents, finer on the Breafl, 
more grofs on the Belly : The Thighs are fj^otted with finaller. Spots, which may be 
better conceived by the Figure than deferibed in Words: The Quills, and the Row oT 
Feathers immediately above them,., are painted with tranfverfe Lines of black or dusky 
the upper Part of the Ridge of the Wing which cover the Breafl is white; the coverr 
Feathers within-fide of the Wings are dusky, fpotted with round Spots of white; fronif 
the corners of the Mouth under the Eyes, on each Side, is drawn a broad, black Mark^^., 
which tends downward as* far as the beginning of the Neck : The Rump and upper Side 
of the Tail is of a dark Alh-colour, with tranfverfe Lines of Black: The under Side of 
the Tail and ^iil-feathers are of a lighter A fli-colour, and the Ears that crofs them,-. 
fainter than in the upper ; the Legs and Feet of a bright Yellow, covered with a 
Icaley Skin; the Toes are armed with Rrong, fharp-pointed, black Claws, pretty 
much bent. I fhall not, in the Gourfe of this Work, trouble the Reader with the 
Number and Situation of the Toes, the Figures plainly exprefling them; yet I fliall 
deferibe all fuch as have not the ufual Number, or whole Toes Rand not in the or- 
dinary Pofition. 
This Bird was brought from Hu^fon's-Bayy and prefented to Dr. Maffiy at Stepiey^ 
where it Jiyed fome fliort Time, . This Draught was taken ' while, the Bird was alivC'i 
