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has caufed the number of hawks to be multiplied 

 far beyond the reality. The marks to be attended 

 to as forming the charaders of the fpecies, are 

 thofe on the quil feathers and the tail, which do 

 not change. Another reafon for this needlefs in- 

 creafe of the fpecies of this tribe of birds, is ow- 

 ing to the names given to the fame kinds in differ- 

 ent periods of their lives, by the writers on fal- 

 conry, which ornithologies have adopted and de- 

 fcribed as diftindl kinds : even Mr. Ray has been 

 obliged to copy them. The falcon, the falcon 

 gentil, and the haggard, are made diftindl fpecies, 

 whereas they form only one : this is explained by 

 a French author, who wrote in the beginning of 

 the laft century, and effedlually clears up this point; 

 fpeaking of the falcon, he tells us, " S'il eft prins 

 ** en Juin^ Juillet & Aouft^ vous le nommerez 

 *' Gentil : fi en Septetnhre^ 05lohre^ Novembre ou 

 " Decemhre^ vous le nommerez Pellerin ou Pajfa- 

 " ger : s'il eft prins en Janvier^ Feburier et Mars, 

 " il fera nomme Antenere : et apres eftre mue une 

 *' fois et avoir change fon cerceau, non aupara- 

 " vanr, vous le dires Hagar^ mot Hebrieu^ qui fig- 

 " nifie eftranger *." 



* La fauconnerie de Charles d^ArcuJJia feignsur d^E/parron, 

 j6, 14. ^m€ edit, Paris 1607. 



Autour. 



