126 PEREGRINE FALCON. 



streaked with umber brown on the centre of each 

 feather ; legs lemon yellow, with a tint of green. 

 A variety in a state of change has the upper 

 parts of a tint intermediate between yellowish 

 brown and clove-brown. The tail, instead of 

 being barred, has an irregular spot on each web 

 of ochraceous, where the pale bands should bo, 

 and the longitudinal streaking of the lower parts 

 is wood-brown, instead of the deep ruddy umber- 

 brown seen generally in the young.* 



Of the next species we regret that our know- 

 ledge is more imperfect, and that we must have 

 recourse to the works of others to glean the 

 information which has been recorded. 



* The name of Lanner was applied to a bird clearly 

 resembling the young of the Peregrine, and from the 

 alliance of the species seems also occasionally to have 

 been given to the real young of this bird, and consequently 

 has made confusion by leading some to believe that the. 

 true Lanner was a British bird. The true Falco lanarius of 

 Linnaeus, however, is scarcely authentically ascertained ; 

 it seems to be a distinct but rare bird of southern Europe. 

 Mr Gould has given a figure from specimens furnished to 

 him by Mon. Temminck, and describes it as intermediate 

 in form between the Jer Falcon and Peregrine. See Birds 

 of Europe. 



