FALCO RUPICOLOIDES. — Smith. 
Aves.— Plate XCII. (Female.) 
F. subrufus, lineis fasciisquc brunneis variegatus, fasciis postice acuminatis; gula guttereque rufo-albis ; 
cauda alterne albo brunneoque fasciata; oculis brunneis; pedibus viridi-flavis ; unguibus corneis; 
maxilla livido-viride ; mandibula versus basin flava. 
Longitddo b rostri apice ad basin caudse 1 0 unc. ; caudas 7 unc. 
Falco Rupicoloides, Smith , South African Quarterly Journal, vol. i. p. 238, 1830. 
Colour— The upper parts of the head and neck, the interscapulars, 
the back, the breast, and the belly, have a ground tint intermediate be- 
tween light-tile red and buff-orange, the shade deepest on the upper 
parts of the head, the back and sides of the neck, the back and the 
belly. In these several regions, however, the ground colour is broken 
by umber-brown variegations, in the form of narrow longitudinal stripes 
on the head, the back and sides of the neck, the breast, and the flanks ; 
and of transverse bars on the back, the belly, the shoulders, the scapulars, 
and the quill coverts. On the back, shoulders, and belly, the bars amount 
to two or three on each feather, and many of them posteriorly exhibit a 
single fine prolongation following the course of the vane. The longitudinal 
stripes, where they occur, are one along the middle of each feather. The 
primary and secondary quill feathers are deep umber-brown, the inner vanes 
barred with reddish orange, which fade into white towards their inner 
edge. Upper tail coverts umber-brown, barred with white ; under tail- 
coverts nearly white. Tail barred, alternately rusty white and umber-brown, 
with a greyish gloss, the dark bars widest, the light-coloured bars of the 
two centre feathers are strongly tinted with rufous ; the tips of all the tail 
feathers are white. The sides of the head behind the eyes, the chin, the 
