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V a r . A . .
MARSH-HAWK,.
D.ESÇRXÏTION,.
“ this fpecies.” T o this I may add my own obfervations ; the-
bird I now poffefs, as an Englijh fpecimen,, being fet down in my
notes as a male..
In the Planches enluminées, the male feems to be the brighteft
in colour. The ground-colour of the under parts being ferruginous,
and thole above inclining to rufous. The ruff feems to be
leaft perfeft in the male..
Marfli-hawk, Ed<w. glean, t. 291».
— ——— — Am. Zool. N°
Lev. MvJ£.
T H IS feems to differ fp little from-the former^ that.I readily-
join. my opinion to that of Brijfon,. in making it a variety..
The difference which I obferve is, a black, line from the bill
through the eye : it is larger alfo, being, according to Edwards,
two feet in length; and has lines, of white round the eye to the
throat: the little white mark under the eyes is feen in both:
the general colour pretty much the fame : the tail. in. Edwards’s,
figure, rather fhorter than in, the Britijh Ringtail,
I received a fpecimen, not long finee from Jamaica, which differs
a little from both; but I am clear it, belongs to the fame
Ipecies. The remark.my friend fent along with it was, that the-
irides were brown ; that it was a bold-fpirited bird, and would;
not hefitate to, kill chickens,, pigeons, &:c. before one’s face.
Fa!CO Hudfonius, L in . Sy/i . i. p. 128. N’ ig. 76■
Epervier de la Baye d’Hudfon, Brif. urn. Apf. p. 18. N° 47. ^ R JN G T A IL ^
Ringtail Hawk, Ed*w. 3. t. 107.
Ringtail Falcon, Am. Zooh N°
g I Z E of the Jerfalcon : length one foot nire inches and a half. D e s c r i p t io n .
Bill black: cere yellow: the upper parts of the bird are
brown j the under parts white, with rilfous brown fpot's, of dif- .
ferent lhapes : over the eye is a ftreak of white : the rump is
alfo white: hind head and lower part of the neck are grey
brown, varied with darker brown: the two middle tail-feathers
are brownifh; the others of a blueith alh-colour, except the
outer one, which is white : all of them are tranfverfely barred
with brown : the legs are light yellow claws black. — LinhauS
fays, it has a blueilh fpot on the wings.
Inhabits Hudfon's Bay-.
76.
V ar. A.
CAYENNE
IF E N G T H two feet j breadth foul feet; Bill black: cere d escriptioh,
blue : parts above, deep chocolate-brown : the fore part of
the neck the famej but paler: on the hind head is a little mixture
of white : at the hind head arifes a kind of wreath, which
paffes behind the ears to the throat, in a circular form,
not much unlike that of the Ringtail: over the eye is a pale
yellow line, which fprings from the bill, and meets the wreath at
the part where it begins behind; each feather of the Wreath is
black down the lhaft: the chin is of a whitilh colour; from this
paffes a lift of pale buff-colour to the breaft, the lhaft of each
N 2 feather