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 ACCIPITRES. 



FALCON I D/E. 



FALCON1DJ?. 



FALCO CANDICANS, J. F. Gmelin*. 

 THE GKEENLAND FALCON. 



Falco gyrfalco (in part)!. 



FALCO, Linnceu,s+. Beak short, curved from its base ; on each cutting edge 

 of the upper mandible a strong projecting tooth. Legs robust ; tarsi short : 

 toes long, strong, armed with curved and sharp claws. Wings long and pointed ; 

 the first and third quill-feathers of equal length, the second quill-feather tjie 

 longest. 



No question in ornithology perhaps has been so much dis- 



* Syst. Nat. i. p. 275 (1788). f Not Falco (jyrfalco, Linnaeus. 



I Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 124 (176G). 



