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Falco, Faun.^rab. p. i*.
C escMptiok. g M A L L E R than-our K ite: length- eighteen inches. Bill'
and cere-yellow : the feathers o f the head narrow, and of aru-
fous,brown, dafhed with black down the fliafts : back and wing,
coverts cinereous, with brown fliafts:. quills brown without,,
within grey, fafciated with brown ; the ends black : the tail the
length of-the body,, and forked, the wing, when clofed, not reaching
to the end of it; the feathers cinereous, banded with brown ::
legs yellow; half o f the ftrins covered with fe a th e r s c law s
black.
This is- (aid to be frequent in Egypt:\n the fummer, and the,-
- Arabic, name Hadddi.
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STREAKED F . Uc°- l i p
g I Z E ' o f 'a length fifteen inches and’ a half. Rill:
black j-. cere yellow: head and neck white,, each feather
marked w.ith a black ftreak.down the fhaft, through . the eye a
black ftreak: back and wing coverts black; fpotted with white:
quills plain black : tail black, crofted with a confpicuous whitfe
bar about the middle, and a few fpots-of the fatne on the inner*'
webs o f fonre o f the outer feathers: the under parts of the body
wiiitie: legs yellow : claws.black,.
place. Inhabits ICqpjamci..
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NOTCHED F . .
fourteen inches. Bill brown-; the under maiidibier
le upper one furriifhed with a double notch about
the- middle,: the plumage on the upper parts blueifh-black:
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I . T ION. T E N G ' r H
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breaft and belly rufous, the laft clouded with white : vent white:
quills barred with white within : tail deep lead-colour, marked
with three bars qf a paler colour on the outer webs, and on the
inner as many of white placed oppofite : legs yellow.
Inhabits Cayennes P lace.
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R HO MBOID A L
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J E N G T .H nineteen inches. Bill dufky blue : head, and hind d ESCRIPt IOM
part o f the neck, black; fore part o f the neck very light
brown : back and wings grey, barred with b la ck : belly pale
reddifh brown, marked with rhomboidal fpots o f bla ck:'tail
grey, crofted with eleven or twelve bars o f black, placed obliquely
: legs pale yellowifh green.
Inhabits the river Ganges, in India, and other places in that Place.
neighbourhood.
BEHREE F,
T E N G T IT nineteen inches. Bill pale b lue: colour o f the D e s c r i p t io n .
plumage blackifh brown above, white beneath; the black M a l e .
curves forward towards the throat, and the white paffes backwards
above it, not unlike the diftribution of thofe colours in the
black Falcon: breaft, belly, and thighs, marked with cordated
black fpots flatted at top: tail crofled with indiffiindl.bars of a
paler colour : legs yellow: claws, black.
The younger bird is marked fomewhat different': the ge- -Female,
neral colour, on the upper parts, pale reddifh brown : the throat,
and a patch behind the eye, white :_fore part o f the neck and
breaft marbled with pale brown and white : belly, thighs, and
-F a vent,