Family Falconidæ.
Generic Character.—See Vieil. Orn. 3. p. 1180.
Specific Character.
Body above and beneath, crest of the head, and end of the tail, blackish brown: the rest of the plumage cream colour, varied with spots and bands.
Falco Braziliensis. Lin. Gm. 64.
Buzard du Brézil. Buffon.
La Caracara. Azara Voy. 3. p. 32. Vieil. Orn. 3. p. 1180.
Polyborus Vulgaris. Vieil. Gall. Pl. 7.
In Mus. Paris. D. Taylor.