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Rh Young Male. Plate CXLI. Fig. 2.

Bill as in the adult. Iris light-yellow. Feet greenish-yellow. The general colour of the upper parts is light reddish-brown, largely spotted with brownish-black ; on the upper part of the head, the margins of the feathers are brownish-red, and the black predominates ; a broad band of white over each eye. Quills lightish-brown, barred with a darker colour; tail brownish-grey, banded with brownish-black ; ear-coverts brownish, streaked with black, as is the throat ; fore-neck and breast pale reddish- brown, the former marked with small oblong spots of dark brown, the latter with large ovate, acuminate spots of a deeper tint ; the shafts black ; the short tarsal feathers similarly spotted.

Length 21| inches ; extent of wings 46.

The Female agrees with the Male in external appearance, but is con- siderably larger.

Stanley Hawk. Falco Stanleii, Audub.

An Adult Female and a Young Male of this species have been represented in Plate XXXVI. of my American Birds, and the figure of an Adult Male is here introduced, for the purpose of being compared with the Goshawk. The form is the same in both, and in the colouring of the upper parts there is little difference ; but the size is much less, and the breast is marked with light-brown arrow-shaped spots, and large irregular transverse bars, differing greatly from the markings of the Goshawk. Other differences are perceptible, especially in the colour of the ear-coverts ; but as this specimen has been described at page 189 of the first volume, and as a glance at the figures in the plate will convey more intelligence than words could do, it is quite unnecessary to say more here.