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$Unique_ID{BRD00030}
$Pretitle{}
$Title{Genus IX.--Falco, Linn. Falcon}
$Subject{Falconinae; Falco; Falcon}
$Journal{Birds of America: Volume I}
$Volume{Vol. 1:81}
$Family{Falconinae}
$Genus{Falco}
$Species{}
$Common_Name{Falcon}
$Log{
Family*00006.txt}
Portions copyright (c) Creative Multimedia Corp., 1990-91, 1992
B I R D S O F A M E R I C A .
By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L. & E.
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VOL. I.
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GENUS IX.--FALCO, Linn. FALCON.
Bill short, robust; its upper outline decurved from the base; cere short,
bare; edge of upper mandible with a festoon and a prominent angular process.
Nostrils round, with an internal ridge, ending in a central tubercle. Feet
strong; tarsi moderate, reticulate; toes long, broadly scutellate, the anterior
webbed at the base; claws long, well curved, very acute. Wings long, pointed;
second quill longest, first and third nearly equal; outer toe abruptly cut out
on the inner web. Tail rather long, nearly even.