Species.
=F. femoralis.= Wing, 9.30–11.60; tail, 6.30–8.80; culmen, .60–.80;
tarsus, 1.62–2.00; middle toe, 1.35–1.70. Second and third quills
longest; first equal to or shorter than fourth. _Adult_ (sexes
similar). Above uniform plumbeous, the secondaries broadly tipped
with whitish. Tail darker terminally, crossed by about eight narrow,
continuous bands of white, and tipped with the same. A broad
postocular stripe, middle area of the auriculars, and entire throat
and jugulum, white, unvariegated; the latter with a semicircular
outline posteriorly, and the former changing to orange-rufous on the
occiput, where the stripes of the two sides are confluent. Sides
entirely uniform blackish (confluent on the middle of the abdomen),
with narrow bars of white; posterior lower parts immaculate light
ochraceous. _Young_ similar, but the jugulum with longitudinal stripes
of blackish. _Hab._ Whole of Tropical America, exclusive of the West
Indies, north to the southern border of the United States.
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Falco (Rhynchofalco) femoralis, TEMMINCK.