546 FALCO 



more slender. Culmen V05, wing ll'O, tail 5'4, tarsus 1-75 inch. Female 

 similar and scarcely larger. The young bird resembles that of F. peregrinus 

 but is smaller, has the upper parts paler, and the striations on the under 

 parts narrower and more profuse. 



Hob. North Africa ; Rhodes ; Asia Minor rarely. 



In habits and nidification this species does not appear to 

 differ from F. peregrinus. 



766. BARBARY FALCON. 

 FALCO BARBARUS. 



Falco barbarus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1 p. 125 (1766) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 i. p. 386 ; Dresser, iii. p. 47, pi. 347 ; Shelley, B. of Egypt, p. 187 ; 

 Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iii. p. 417 ; F. pelegrinoides, Temm. PI, 

 Col. 479 (1824) ; F. lalylonicus, Gurney, Ibis, 1861, p. 218, pi. vii. 



Bourni, Arab. ; Shdhin, Safed ShaJiin, Hindu. 



$ ad. (N. Africa). Upper parts paler and greyer than in F. peregrinus^ 

 the head lighter ; nape rusty red, blotched with blackish slate ; under parts 

 creamy white, tinged with rufous ; throat and breast unmarked ; flanks 

 and lower abdomen faintly barred with blackish ; soft parts as in F. pere- 

 grinus. Culmen 0*9, wing ll'O, tail 5 '5, tarsus T7, middle toe with claw 

 2*0 inch. Male similar, but somewhat smaller. The young bird resembles 

 that of F.jpunicus. 



Hob. Northern Africa, straying rarely to the northern shores 

 of the Mediterranean ; South-west and Central Asia ; North- 

 West India as far south as Nerbudda, and as far east as Oude 

 in winter. 



In habits it resembles the Peregrine, and being bold, strong, 

 and docile is highly esteemed by falconers. It frequents open 

 dry country, and nests in cliffs and also in old buildings, its 

 eggs resembling those of the Peregrine, but are smaller. Birds 

 from Asia (F. labyloniciis) are as a rule rather larger in size. 



767. LANNER. 

 FALCO FELDEGGI. 



Falco feldeggi, Schlegel, Abh. Geb. Zool. p. 3, Taf. 10, 11 (1841) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. i. p. 389 ; Dresser, vi. p. 51, pi. 375 ; F. 

 lanarius, Schlegel, Kev. Crit. p. 2 (1894 nee. Pall.) ; Gould, B. of 

 As. i. pi. 6 ; F. erlangeri, Kleinschmidt, Aquila, 1901, p. 33. 



Feldeggsfalke, Germ, ; Lanario, Ital. ; Sager-schdhin Ttiir el 

 H6r, Arab. 



