. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE NOTCHED FALCON. 4 I of spring or in 83 ,or-'t4ttooU;od' ^''" ^'^^"'^^"^l^^^J by tho iipoutlio upper siu^iaco of o X 4d tl.^tl^^l^ ^ slaty-blue or blue-grey of greyislUvhita ^' ^ '' clusky-brown, marked witli several The (liroat and under tail-coverts iiiv white, and tho breast and â Mhuwn are rusty-red, marked V,\/| with undulating streaks of yel- Idwish-white. Very little is kiu)wn "Nv? of the habits of this sjtecies,
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE NOTCHED FALCON. 4 I of spring or in 83 ,or-'t4ttooU;od' ^''" ^'^^"'^^"^l^^^J by tho iipoutlio upper siu^iaco of o X 4d tl.^tl^^l^ ^ slaty-blue or blue-grey of greyislUvhita ^' ^ '' clusky-brown, marked witli several The (liroat and under tail-coverts iiiv white, and tho breast and â Mhuwn are rusty-red, marked V,\/| with undulating streaks of yel- Idwish-white. Very little is kiu)wn "Nv? of the habits of this sjtecies, but on aeeount of tho ]ieculiar form of its beak, it cannot be passed over without notice. TnK members of an allied genus, termed Icrax, also possess a similai'ly formed beak, but the structure of the Avings and arrange- ment of the feathers are so (fif- ieieiit as to give reason for placing the bird in a separate genus. One of the most beautil'ul examples of thisgeims is thclittlelJKNOAL Fal- con {/crax carulescctih), a native of Jin-a, Borneo, aiul many parts of India. This tiny Falcon is barely inches in length, and is p()[)u- liirly known iu India by the nai; .^ (if" .Mooty," a word which signifies a luuulful, and is given to tire bird liecansc when it is ilown at game, it is taken in the baud and'lhing at the rpiany as if it were a stone rather than a living missile. It is a most daring little bird, and has been known to .strike in suc- ces.^iidii ten or twelve quails befoi'e ali.^hting. The general colour of this .species is bluish-bhick aboA-e, and rusty-white below. The pln- iiiani! of the thighs is long and silken, and the wings arc com- paratively NOTCnED ,,âs bidenlutns. I'ntinlv . Ti . 4 7 1 1 jerfalcon, and its mode of takin.^ prev is â , s s, f 1 â¢'IT*'" '"" ^"'^'^'' "^ "'â "â >' ^'^"^S creature that mav take Hs llUfcv a ..attack, .successful y the largest wing, d gam
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