Class II. G Y R F A L C O N. i77 



LeGerfault. Belon a-v. 94 F. Iflandus albus. Brunnich 47.GYRFAL- 

 Gyrfalco. JUr. a^. 1. 243. 7- 8- , ^ ^ ^ '^°''* 



Jer-falcon. Wil orn. 78. Le Gerfault. Bnjfon anj. 1. 

 Gyrfalco. Raiifyn. a-v. 13. '370. 



White Falcoii. If^il. orn, Sil^. Sect. 14. 



gQ^ Charlton Ex, 317. 



THIS elegant fpecies is not much inferior in fize Descrip. 

 to the Ofprey, The fni^J dufky : the bill is 

 very much hooked and yellow. The throat is of a 

 pure white : the whole plumage of the fame co- 

 lor, but marked with dulky lines, fpots or bars : 

 the head, bread and belly with narrow lines, thinly 

 fcattered and pointing down : the wings with large 

 heart-fhaped fpots: the middle feathers of the tail 

 with a few bars : the feathers on the thighs are ve- 

 ry long, and of a pure white -, the legs of a pale 

 blue, and feathered a little below the knees. This 

 kind is fometimes found quite white: it was a 

 bird in high efteem when falconry was in vogue, 

 and ufed for the nobleft game, fuch as cranes and 



herons. 



This is the Gyrfalco of all the ornithologifts 

 except Linn^us^ whofe bird we are totally unac- 

 quainted with : though he gives feveral of their 

 fynonyms, his defcription differs entirely from each 

 of them. Inhabits the north of Scotland-^ Ibot near 

 Aberdeen. 



Belon 



