FAtCONID^. FALCONING. 
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as the tarsus ; lateral 
Harpasus, Vigors. Bill thickened ; the upper man- 
dible with two distinct teeth. Nostrils oval. Wings 
moderate, rounded ; the first and second quills 
graduated, the third andfourth 
the longest. Tarsi slender ; 
anterior scales transverse, in 
a single row ; posterior much 
smaller, rounded, sub-reti- 
culated : miildle toe as long 
toes unequal, the outer longest, posterior very short. 
Three anterior claws nearly equal, binder strongest. 
(fig- 191 •) 
H. rufipes. P.C. 38.228. coerulescens. Edwards, 108. 
diodoii. P. Col. 198. 
Ijophotes, Lesson. Bill small, much hooked, furnished 
on its sides with a groove : 
lores thickly clothed with 
feathers : the upper mandible 
with two small teeth. Feet 
very short. Tarsi plumed 
above, naked beyond, and fur- 
nished with smooth hexagonal scales ; the (anterior) 
toes of almost equal length : claws very small, nearly 
all of the same size. Head crested. (Vide Tem- 
minck, PI. Col. 10.)* (fig- ^9^-) 
L. Indicus. PI. Col. 10. India. 
Aviceda, Swain, (fig- 193.) Bill falconine ; upper 
mandible with two, lower with 
one, small angular teeth. 
Nostrils transverse. Wings 1 r 
lengthened ; the fourth quill / \ 
the longest, the third slightly 
shorter ; the first, second, ^ I- ' 
and third, emarginate at their 
internal base. Feet very short. Tarsi not longer 
• It is s’uiKular that M. Temminc.k should take no notice, in his de- 
scription, of the double tooth of this remarkable bird, although it is so dis- 
tinctly expressed in his hgure, PI. Col. 10. j neither does he say any thing 
as to the lenKtli ol the wings ; the tail he describes as even, while Lesson 
^serts it to be *' un pt’u &chancr4c /” 
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