. A history of British birds . own longitudinalstreaks; the thighs plain rufous; under wing-coverts rufous, RED-FOOTED FALCON. 73 with transverse bars of dark brown ; under surface of theprimaries blackish-grey, with numerous transverse bars ofbluish-grey: under surface of the tail bluish-grey, with nineor ten transverse bars of bluish-black, which are broader asthey approach the tip. Young females have the top of the head reddish-brownwith dusky streaks ; the eyes encircled with black, with asmall black pointed moustache descending from the front ofthe eye; ear-coverts white; upper surface of
. A history of British birds . own longitudinalstreaks; the thighs plain rufous; under wing-coverts rufous, RED-FOOTED FALCON. 73 with transverse bars of dark brown ; under surface of theprimaries blackish-grey, with numerous transverse bars ofbluish-grey: under surface of the tail bluish-grey, with nineor ten transverse bars of bluish-black, which are broader asthey approach the tip. Young females have the top of the head reddish-brownwith dusky streaks ; the eyes encircled with black, with asmall black pointed moustache descending from the front ofthe eye; ear-coverts white; upper surface of the body darkbrown, the feathers ending with reddish-brown; primariesdusky-black, the inner edges and tips buffy-white; the taildark brown, transverse bars of reddish-brown;throat white; sides of the neck, the breast, and all the undersurface of the body, pale reddish-white, with brown longi-tudinal streaks and patches on the breast; the thighsuniform pale ferruginous; beak, cere and hides as in theadult L 74AGOIPJTBES. FALCON I
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