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PAPTORE8. 



FALCONIDJE. 



FALCONIDJE. 



THE MERLIN. 



Falco cesalon. 



Falco cesalon, 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. 



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



THE MERLIN is one of the smallest of the British 

 Falconida, 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, 



