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FALCONlDt. 



BAPrORES. 



FALCONIDJE. 





THE MERLIN. 



Falco (Fsalon, The Merlin, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol.i. p. 251. 

 Mont. Ornith. Diet. 

 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 48. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 50. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 51. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 83. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 

 Le Faucon Emerillon, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 27. 



The Merlin is one of the smallest of the British Fal- 

 conida, and being of rapid flight and great courage, possesses, 

 on a diminished scale, all the attributes and characters of a 

 true Falcon. So bold as well as powerful, in proportion to 



