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trained to the chase of the smaller water-fowl. In its 
wild state it has a singular prepensity fer chasing bats 
in the evening, capturing them on the wing apparently 
more fer the sake of spert than of foed. 
The third subdivision of the genus Falco consists of 
the Lanner (Falco lanarius) and two ether nearly 
allied species. 
The Lanner is a Falcen of great beauty, much re- 
sembling tke Babylonian Falcen in general appear- 
ance, but with a mere completely rufous head. It is 
a native ef Seuthern Eurepe, South-western Asia, and 
Northern Africa, and is trained for falcenry by the 
Arabs, fer whick purpose it was formerly much es- 
teemed by the falconers of Germany. The Lanner 
is remarkable as having been the sacred Falcon of the 
ancient Egyptians, upon whose monuments its repre- 
sentation frequently occurs. 
In Abyssinia and the countries adjacent, as well as 
in these parts of Western Africa which he in the same 
latitude, a Falcon is found which only differs from the 
Lanner in its somewhat deeper colouring. This Fal- 
con bears the name ef Falco tanypterus, and is the 
second species of the Lanner group, the third species 
being Falco cervicalis of South Africa, which in its 
adult state is readily distinguished from its more 
northern congeners, by the entire absence of spots 
and marks on its under surface, thus presenting a 
beautifully rich and unbroken cream-coloured plumage 
from the throat downwards, 
