. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 420 FALCONID-E. 6. Hierofalco mexicanus. Falco mexicanus, Schl. Ahhandl. Geh. Zool. SfC. p. 15 (1841, ex Licht. Mm. Berol.) ; Bp. Consp. 24 (1850) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 5 (1854) ; Schl. Mm. Falcones, p. 18 (18G2) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 20 (1869) ; Ridgwatj, Pr. Phil. Acad. 1870, p. 140; Scl. ^ Salv. iVomewc/. p. 121(1873). Falco polyagrus, Cass. B. Calif, p. 88 (1853) ; id. Pr. Phil. Acad. 1855, p. 277; Strickl. Orn. Sipi. p. 85 (1855) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1805, p. 323 ; Cones, Pr. Phil. Acad. 18l36, p. 42 ; Graij, Hand-l. B. i. p. 20
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 420 FALCONID-E. 6. Hierofalco mexicanus. Falco mexicanus, Schl. Ahhandl. Geh. Zool. SfC. p. 15 (1841, ex Licht. Mm. Berol.) ; Bp. Consp. 24 (1850) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 5 (1854) ; Schl. Mm. Falcones, p. 18 (18G2) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 20 (1869) ; Ridgwatj, Pr. Phil. Acad. 1870, p. 140; Scl. ^ Salv. iVomewc/. p. 121(1873). Falco polyagrus, Cass. B. Calif, p. 88 (1853) ; id. Pr. Phil. Acad. 1855, p. 277; Strickl. Orn. Sipi. p. 85 (1855) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1805, p. 323 ; Cones, Pr. Phil. Acad. 18l36, p. 42 ; Graij, Hand-l. B. i. p. 20 (1869) ; Cooper, B. Calif, ed. Baird, p. 458 (1870). Hierofalco mexicanus, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 536. Pnigohierax mexicanus, Cab. O. 1872, p. 156. Adult. General colour clear brown, the wings and tail of about the same colour as the back, the primaries darker brown, all the feathers of the upper parts margined with pale fulvous brown, broader and more whitish on the wing-coverts and secondary quills; tail- feathers and upper tail-coverts brown, the inner webs darker brown, all conspicuously tipped and obsoletely barred with buffy white; the two middle feathers scarcely marked at all, the rest half-barred across on the inner wob, and slightly spotted on the outer web near the tip, the bars on the outermost feather narrower and more indi- stinct, but present on the outer web also near the base ; feathers of the crown of the head and neck bordered with whitish, giving rather a distinct striped appearance, more especially on the hind neck, the forehead clearly whitish ; sides of the face and neck whitish, with brown centres to the feathers ; chin and top of the throat pure white ; rest of the under surface white, with central markings of clear brown, rather oval in shape, giving a very distinctly striped appearance to this side of the body; flank-feathers darker brown, broadly margined with white on the outer web, and marked with a large spot of white about the mi
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