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AMERICAN F.
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117.
CRIARD F.
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IHlacr.
'Bulky Falcon, ArSl.-Zool. ii. N° 1T3.
E S S than the Dubious F . Bill blueifh; upper mandible
armed with a (harp prpeefs ,• cere yellow: head, back, win»
coverts, and thofe qf the tail, dufky brown, flightly edged with
ferruginous: hind;patt o f ,the peck fpotted with,white : primaries
dufky; inner websmarked with oval fpot.s o f a pale ruftTColqur:
tail]hx>rt, tipped with white, and .barred with four broad dufky
ilrokes, and the fame number o f narrow ones of white : from the
chin to the tail whitifh, ftreaked downwards with diftindt lines of
black : legs deep yellow.
Inhabits NawTork.
La petUeBufe Criarde, Son. Voy. Ini. ii. p. 184.
g I Z E o f a Wood-Pigeon. Bill fhort: irides yellow; eyes fur*
rounded with a .naked red ikin j the eyelids furnifhed with
true eye-Jafhes; top o f the head, hind part o f the neck, back,
rump, and tail, cinereous grey: leffer .wing coverts b la ck; the
middle ones cinereous grey ; the. greater, greyifh black : throat
and under parts white: legs, yellow: claws, black; the middle
one large.
This inhabits the coafl o f Coromandel: met with frequently in
the rice-fields, where there are great quantities of fmall Frogs, on
which it is fuppofed to feed : is a fhy bird ; and, as i f cries out
aloud when any one appears in fight, it has obtained the name of
Criard.
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TINY F.
1» E N G T H from bill to tump fix inches;. Bill dufky: plu*
mage on the upper parts cinereous brown: crown of the head!
dufky white : under parts o f the body of this laft colour, barred
with dufky : legs yellow. The tail was wanting.
D s 3ca:pT;aoif.; .
This minute fpecies 'was brought from Cayenne, and is by much,
the fmalleft Lever met iwith..
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