46 FALCONING. 



Haliaetus 



Aquila Pandion 



BuTEO Falco Accipiter 



Pernis Circus 



MiLVUS 



Or they may be disposed in the following manner, in 

 a double circle : 



Haliaetus 



Pandion 



MiLVus Pernis Falco Buteo Aquila 



Accipiter 



Circus. 



Or*in transverse, direct, or diagonal series of three ; 

 and here we have the mystical number : 



Many other, equally 7iatural, arrangements might be 

 proposed, and each of them, as well as the above, might 

 afford ample scope for exposition. In fact, a good 

 commentary on these four figures would occupy a 

 hundred pages or so. I therefore leave them to the 

 learned. 



