PEKEGKINE FALCON. 
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mandible ; cere and legs saffron-yellow ; iris deep 
umber-brown ; length nearly sixteen inches that 
of the wing from shoulder to tip of second quill 
twelve inches and a quarter. 
Female With the distribution of the colours 
similar, the upper parts generally of a deeper 
tint, the clouded marking on the back and the 
bars on the rump and tail more distinct and 
better marked ; underneath, the lower part of 
the breast, the belly, and thighs, have a more 
rufous tinge, and less grey intermixed ; a longi 
tudinal spotting runs higher up upon the breast, 
and the transverse spotting and barring on the 
other parts is broader, pf a deeper hue, and more 
boldly marked ; length about nineteen inches ; 
from shoulder to tip of second quill fourteen 
inches. 
Both the birds now described were shot from 
the nest. 
Young of the first plumage, male. — Upper 
parts very deep blackish brown tinted with grey, 
the feathers tipped with rufous, and on the hind 
head broadly edged with a pale tint of the same 
colour ; quills black, tipped with rufous ; tail 
brownish-black, greyer towards the base, tipped 
and obscurely barred with reddish white ; chin 
yellowish white, remaining under parts pale and 
dull reddish orange, tinted with ochraceous, 
darkest in the centre of the belly, and broadly 
