26 BIRDS. ACCIPITRES. t. Falco. 



11. F. palumba* ius. Deep brown above, white with nu- 

 merous transverse black lines underneath; cere yel- 

 lowish green: legs yellow: over the eyes a white 

 stripe : tail with 4 or 5 blackish bands. 



jGoshawk. Brit. Zool. t. 24. Lewin t. 9. JValcot t. 9. 



Length 22 inches or more. 



Woods. Bill blue tipt with black : iris yellow : neck with a 

 broken patch of white at the sides : wings reaching very little 

 beyond the bafe of the tail : tail long, cinereous, with 4 or 5 

 dusky bands : legs feathered a little below the knees : claws black. 



12. F. gentilis. Brownish-grey, with longnudinal brown 

 spots : cere and legs yellow : tail with 4 blackish 

 bands, tipt with white. 



Falcon gentil. Br. Zool. t. 21, 22. Lewin t. n. JValcot t. 11.. 



Something larger than the laft. Bill lead-colour: iris yellow : 

 head pale ferruginous, with oblong darker fpots : back brown: 

 quill-feathers dusky, with dark bars on the outer webs, and white- 

 ones on the lower parts of the inner webs : wing-coverts andfcapu- 

 lars brown with a ferruginous edge : all the parts underneath yel- 

 lowish-white, with oblong dusky fpots, which in the young bird 

 are transverfe : tail with alternate black and grey bands, tipt with 

 white : legs feathered a little belo the knees : claws black. 



IS. F. iilam'icuti. Whitish with brown spots : cere and 

 legs blue. 



Jer falcon. Br.ZobLt. 19. Lewin t. 16. Walcot t. 15. 



Length 2 feet ; extent 4 feet : weight about 3 pounds : North of 

 Scotland. Bill bluish tipt with black, (yellow Penn.} iris blue : 

 whole plumage white., with dusky Ipots lines or bars : Ugs feathered 

 below the knees : claws blackish. 



14. F. pengiinus. Above bluish, beneath whitish with 

 transverse blackish streaks: cere and legs yellow: 

 crown black : tail with brown bars, tipt with white. 



Peregrine Falcon. Br. Zool. t 20. Lew/fit. 12. Donov+t. 53. 



Size of the Moor Buzzard : weight between 2 and 3 pounds. Bill 

 Short strong, bluish tipt with bUrk : iris dusky : crown round the 

 fore-part and under the eyes bla<k : quill-Jeatlicrs dusky with white 

 tranfverfe fpots, inner-coverts with bla< k and white bars: neck and 

 breast w/th a few dusky lines pointing downwards : tazVwith feverat 

 alternate blue and blackish bars : legs feathered to the knees : ctawt 

 black. 



15. F. versicolor. Variegated above with white and red- 

 dish brown: rump whitish underneath: neck and 

 breast with ferruginous spots : quill and tail-feathers 

 brown, with deeper bands : cere and legs yellow. 



Spotted Falcon. Br. Zool. t. 26. Lewin t. 13. Wale ot. t. 1 3 . 



Size of the Buzzard. Bill blackish : iris yellow: crown and nape 

 ivhitish, with pale reddish-brown fpots : back and wings reddish- 

 brown, -the feathers cd^cd with white: belly white: middle tail- 

 feathers with white and deep brown bands, the rest with light and 

 Barker brown : legs feathered below the knees : claws black ; 



J3. F. dntiuceus. Head , n I upper- purls dark brownish- 

 grey; un lernea<h white, wtfh ferruginous streaks: 

 cere and legs yellow : outer quill-feathers black ; tail 

 with ferruginous bars. 



A'sh -coloured Fakon. Montague Ornith. Diet. i. 



S"hot in Wiltshire. Abo it the size of the Sparrow Hawk. Bill 

 Hack : iris yHlow : fe:;th--rs on the upper-parts darker at the tips ; 

 cthofe underneath with large ferruginous streaks dowo. the mid- 



