. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 410 FALCONID^. very distinctly underneath ; upper tail-coverts pale slaty grey, with distinct black shaft-stripes; tail slaty grey, tipped with fulvous, and crossed with four black bands, the subterminal one double the breadth of any of the others ; forehead, eyebrow, and sides of face fulvous, with narrow streaks of black, broader on the cheeks ; throat fulvous ; rest of under surface ochraccous buff, with shaft-streaks of dark brown, those on the flanks broader, and here mottled with fulvous spots ; under wing-coverts coloured like the breast,
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 410 FALCONID^. very distinctly underneath ; upper tail-coverts pale slaty grey, with distinct black shaft-stripes; tail slaty grey, tipped with fulvous, and crossed with four black bands, the subterminal one double the breadth of any of the others ; forehead, eyebrow, and sides of face fulvous, with narrow streaks of black, broader on the cheeks ; throat fulvous ; rest of under surface ochraccous buff, with shaft-streaks of dark brown, those on the flanks broader, and here mottled with fulvous spots ; under wing-coverts coloured like the breast, streaked and mottled with brown ; cere, orbits, aud feet yellow, claws black; iris brown. Total length 11 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 82, tail 5"4, tarsus 1-4. Hah. The whole of ITorth America as far southwards as Venezuela. a. S juv. sk. b. S juv. St. c. (S juv. sk. d. $ ad. sk. e. (S ad. sk. /. cJ juv. sk. g. <S juv. sk. h. Skeleton, i. Skeleton. k. Sternum. N. America. N. America. Quebec. Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie- River district, May 23,1861. Fort Simpson, May 11, 1862. Off Malpelo Island. Dr. Ridgway [P. Dr. Ridgway [P. Mitchell, Esq. [P.]. Bernard H. Ross, Esq. [P.]. Bernard H. Ross, Esq. Capt. Kellett and Lieut. Wood [P.]. At sea, lat. 13° 22' N., long. Capt. Ke lett and Lieut. 102° 4' W., about 300 miles Wood [P.]. off land. Purchased. Zoological Society. P. H. Gosse, Esq. [P.]. 76. HIEROFALCO. Type. Hierofalco, Cuv. Regne An. i. p. 312 (1817) H. candicans. Pnigohierax, Cab. O. 1872, p. 156 H. Foot of Hierofalco candicans. Mange. The whole of Europe and Northern Asia, the whole of North America as far as Mexico. Key to the Species. a. Thighs pure white, or white streaked, but never barred, with brown. a. Tail white, with no complete bars on any of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perf
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