BUFOTJS KESTREL FALCON. Ill 
Falcons. The inner or under surface of the wings 
is cream-coloured white ; the bands just spoken of 
being hardly discerned, but there is the faint ap- 
pearance of ten on the first quill ; the lesser covers 
are each marked with two spear-shaped spots, and 
the greater with two transverse hands of black. 
All the under plumage, from the belly, is striped 
with black down the middle of each feather, these 
stripes generally becoming tear-shaped ; they are 
very small, and almost disappear on the thighs, and 
there are none on the belly and under tail-covers. 
Feet, bright yellow; claws, black. The wings are 
nearly as long as the tail, and the notch on the 
second quill is nearly obsolete. The tail is rounded. 
Dimensions of the female, 13 inches ; hill from 
the gape, T s 3 ; wings nearly 10 inches ; tail, from 
the base, 7i ; tarsus, 
As a further distinction between this and the 
species from Java, we may remark, that in the 
latter the plumage beneath is transversely banded, 
whereas in this it is longitudinally striped. 
