i8o GREY FALCON. Class II. 



49. Grev. Grey Falcon. Br, Zoology, 65. O^avo I. 137. 



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HIS kind was fhot near Halifax 1762, and 

 the following account tranfmitted to us by 

 Descrip. Mr. Bolton, oiWorly- dough. This bird was about 

 the fize of a raven : the bill was ftrong, fhort, 

 much hooked, and of a bluifti color : the cere, 

 and edges of the eye-lids yellow : the irides red : 

 the head was fmall, flatted at the top \ the fore part 

 of a deep brown -, the hind part white : the fides 

 of the head and throat were creme colored : the 

 belly white, marked with oblong black fpots : the 

 hind part of the neck, and the back were of a deep 

 grey : the wings were very long, and when clofed 

 reached beyond the train : the firft of the quil fea- 

 thers were black, with a white tip ; the others were 

 of a bluifh grey, and their inner webs irregularly 

 fpotted with white : the tail wasi 'long, and wedge 

 fhapedj the two middle feathers being the long- 

 ed, were plain, (the color not mentioned) the reft 

 fpotted : the legs were long, naked, and yellow. 



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