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F. j|| D escription.
It is M. de Buffon'% * opinion, that this bird is a diftimSt pe-
cies, and not a variety.
Le Faucon tacheté, Brif. orn. i. p. 329.
Spotted Falcon, Ediv. t. 3 ,-~Am. Zool. N°
^ I Z E of a Crow. The bill in this bird is lead-colour : the
cere of a greenilh yellow : angles of the mouth orange : eyes
placed in a lead-coloured Ikin : irides oblcure : above, the bird is
brown : on each fide of the head is a large black mark, beginning
under the eyes, and pafiing to the beginning of the neck :
the under parts are white, fpotted with brown -, the fpots larged
on the bread: and belly : wing-coverts brownilh, with round white
fpots : legs bright yellow : claws black. Inhabits Rudfon’s Bay.
Mr. Edwards fuppofes this and the lad to be male and female j
M. de Buffon f imagines it to be the Faucon fors, or very little
different j which of them is in the right, I will not pretend,
to determine.
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D ESCRIPTION.
Le Faucon bran, Brif. orn. i. p. 33p,
Braun fahle Geyer, Frifcb. t. 76.
C I Z E of a Jerfalcon. The bill is of a dark, alh-colour: cere
yellowilh : head brownilh, marked with longitudinal ferruginous
brown fpots: the upper part of the body brown, fpotted
with deeper brown; beneath white, fpotted with brown : the
fpots on the bread launce-lhaped: legs yellow: claws black.
* Hiß. des oif i. p. 268. t P. 169.
This
This bird bears fome affinity to N° 31 i infomuch that I am
not clear about the didindtion.
Le Faucon rouge, Brif, orn% i. p. 332«
Falcorubens, Rati Syn. p. 14. N° 10.
Red Falcon, Will, orn. p. 81. N° 10..
H I S appears to differ from the common Falcon, in having D escription,
the fpots of a black and red colour, indead of white. It is
lefs in fize than the Peregrine Falcon.
Le Faucon rouge des Indes, Brif. ern. i. p. 333. V ar! I.
Falcones rubri indici Aldrovandi, Rail Syn. p. 14. N? n .. RED INDIANRed
Indian Falcons of Aldrovandus, Will. orn. p. 81, t. q.
H E bill is cinereous cere and eyelids luteous : the iris is D e s c r i p t io n .
obfcure : at the outer angle of the-eye is an oblong fulvous
fpot : the head and upper parts are of a brownilh alh-colour:
the bread and under parts, the rump, upper tail, and wing-
eoverts, are of a reddilh fulvous colour : on the bread are a few
fpots of the fame : the tail.is banded' with black' and alh-colour,,
in a femicircular manner: legs luteous : claws black.
The above is the defcription of the female.— In the male, the Male»,
colours are more vivid: when the colours in the former are cinereous
brown, in-the latter they are nearly black. The male is.
alfo much fmaller than the other lex, as is ufual in this genus..
They inhabit the Eaft Indies,.
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