. A general history of birds . ey; nostrils large; cere with a few hairs on thesides; plumage in general brownish ; quills deep brown ; headgrey; chin whitish ; neck brownish grey; breast and belly paleferruginous brown ; lower part of the latter, the vent, and thighswhite ; tail dusky at the tip. Inhabits Java, called Jokowuru. 84—NEW ZEALAND EAGLE—Pl. IX. Falco Nov* Zealandioe, Jnd. Orn.\. 28. Gm. Lin. i. 268. Daud. ii. 104. Shaws Zool. vii. Zealand Falcon, Gen. Syn. i. p. 57. pl. 4. Female ? LENGTH 17 or 18 inches; bill one in. much emarginated,dark blue or black ; cere yellow; irid
. A general history of birds . ey; nostrils large; cere with a few hairs on thesides; plumage in general brownish ; quills deep brown ; headgrey; chin whitish ; neck brownish grey; breast and belly paleferruginous brown ; lower part of the latter, the vent, and thighswhite ; tail dusky at the tip. Inhabits Java, called Jokowuru. 84—NEW ZEALAND EAGLE—Pl. IX. Falco Nov* Zealandioe, Jnd. Orn.\. 28. Gm. Lin. i. 268. Daud. ii. 104. Shaws Zool. vii. Zealand Falcon, Gen. Syn. i. p. 57. pl. 4. Female ? LENGTH 17 or 18 inches; bill one in. much emarginated,dark blue or black ; cere yellow; irides blue; in each nostril a lobeor division; crown and cheeks brown; the upper parts of the bodythe same, with whitish bands towards the rump, mixed with ferru-ginous ; quills dusky black, spotted on the inner web of the outer,and on both webs of the inner ones with white; under parts of thebody dirty reddish white, dashed down the middle of each featherwith dusky black; belly and vent ferruginous; the shafts of the PI. t // j<-,r///ir/ •yrr/Cf^it. FALCON. 161 feathers black ; tail rufous brown, marked on each side of the shaftswith oblique bars of white, five or six at least, but none of themtouching the shaft; the end, for near an inch, plain rufous brown;legs yellow. The female is 23 in. in length; bill, cere, and irides the same;the plumage on the upper parts deep brown, with a few transversepale markings; beneath dusky white, with broad dashes of brown ;sides of the belly, and thighs inclining to ferruginous, dashed withbrown; vent pale yellow, with the same brown markings; tailfasciated transversely with white, but the markings less conspicuous. The young bird differs, having a few longitudinal pale streakson the neck; the body plain brown, or very little marked ; and thetail without bars, though the end is very pale, approaching to white. Inhabits New Zealand; found in Queen Charlottes Bay; hasthe appearance of a Vulture about the head and neck, and thefeath
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