BRITISH BIRDS. 
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THE RINGTAIL. 
( Falco PygarguSy Lin. — Soubufe y BufF.) 
Its length is twenty inches ; breadth three feet 
nine ; its bill is black ; cere and irides yellow ; 
the upper part of the body is dulky ; the breaft, bel- 
ly, and thighs are of a yellowifh brown, marked 
with oblong dulky fpots ; the rump white ; from 
the back part of the head behind the eyes to the 
throat there is a line of whitilh coloured feathers, 
forming a collar or wreath ; under each eye there 
is a white fpot ; the tail is long, and marked with 
alternate brown and dulky bars ; the legs are yel- 
low ; claws black. 
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