i82 L A N N E R. Class IL 



51. Lanner. The Lanner. Wil. om. 82. FalcoLanarlus. Lin. fyjl, 12^. 

 Lanarius. Rail fyn. aoj. 15, Faun. Suec, fp. 6z. 



THIS fpecies breeds m Ireland : the bird our 

 defcription is taken from, was caught in a 

 decoy in Lincoln/hire^ purfuing fome wild ducks 

 under the nets, and communicated to us by Taylor 

 White Efq; under the name of the Lanner, 

 Descrip. It was lefs than the buzzard. The cere was of 



a pale greenifh blue-, the crown of the head of a 

 brown and yellow clay color: above each eye, 

 to the hind part of the head, pafTed a broad white 

 line; and beneath each, a black mark pointing 

 down: the throat white: the breaft tino-ed with 

 dull yellow, and marked with brown fpots pointing 

 downwards : the thighs and vent fpotted in the fame 

 manner : back and coverts of the wings deep brown, 

 edged with a paler: quil feathers dufky : the inner 

 webs marked with oval ruft colored fpots : the tail 

 was fpotted like the wings. 



The legs fhort and ftrong, and of a bluiih caflr, 

 which Mr. Willughhy fays, are the charaders of that 

 bird. We are here to obferve, that much caution 

 is to be ufed in defcribing the hawk kind, no 

 birds being fo liable to change their colors the two 

 or three firft' years of their lives : inattention to this 



has 



