. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . body deep umber-brown, margined with a paler shade: these are succeeded by WHITE NEOPHRON. 169 two rows of cream-coloured sharp-pointed feathers. Greatercoverts umber-brown, varied wdth cream white. Secondariespale umber-brown, their tips and margins black. Tail cuneiform, umber-brown at the base, thetip yellowish-white.
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . body deep umber-brown, margined with a paler shade: these are succeeded by WHITE NEOPHRON. 169 two rows of cream-coloured sharp-pointed feathers. Greatercoverts umber-brown, varied wdth cream white. Secondariespale umber-brown, their tips and margins black. Tail cuneiform, umber-brown at the base, thetip yellowish-white. Upper parts mixed with strong and fleshy, of a pale yellowish-grey. The tarsicovered with a rough reticulated skin: the middle toe withfour entire scales upon the last phalange ; the exterior and inte-rior each w^ith three; hinder toe short and strong. Clawsblackish-brown, strong, but not greatly arched. Its sex unfor-tunately was not ascertained. From the above description itwould appear that this individual had not acquired its ma-ture plumage, which, in the perfect adult, is of an uniformwhite, except the greater quills, which are black, and in whichstate it is recognised as the Vultur ginginianus of Latham andother 170 FALCONS AND ALLIED SPECIES. Assuming the Falcons properly so called as presenting themore distinctive characters of the great family composed of thebirds commonly known as Eagles, Hawks, Buzzards, andKites, we may designate these species by the general name ofFalconinse. Although they exhibit numerous and well-markedmodifications of the various organs, they are easily defined as agroup, and individually distinguished from all other birds. Ofcompact form, with a rather large, roundish, feathered head,hooked bill, eyes of moderate size directed laterally, and long,curved, very acute claws, they are equally distinct from theVultures and the Owls, although closely allied to both. The bill, Plate IV, Fig. 1, is short, stout,
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