D U S K Y F A L C O N. aai 



Belly of a yellowifh white, flriped downwards with dufky ftreaks : the 

 back dufky, tinged with blue, the ends of the feathers lighteft, and 

 fprinkled over with a few white :^ots, efpecially towards, the rump : 

 wings of the fame colors, variegated' beneath with white and black : 

 the upper part of the tail duflcy, crofTed very faintly with paler bars v 

 the under fide whitifh. 



LelTer than the Collared Falcon. Sizs. 



Inhabits all parts of Greenland, from the remoteft hills to thofe Place* 



which impend over the fea. They are even feen on the iflands of 

 ice remote from fhore. They retire in the breeding-feafon to the 

 fartheft part of the country, and return in autumn with their young. . 

 They breed in the fame manner as the Cinereous Eagle, but in more: 

 diftant places ; and lay from three to five eggs. The tail of the 

 young is black, with great brown fpots on the exterior webs. 



They prey on Ptarmigans, Auks, and all the fmall birds of the 

 country: have frequent difputes with the Raven, but feldom come 

 off^ viftors ; for the Raven will, on being attacked, fling itfelf on 

 its back J and, either by defending itfelf with its claws, or by callingj, 

 with its croaking, numbers of others to its help, oblige the Falcon to 

 retire. The Greenlanders ufe the flcin, among many others, for their 

 inner garments ; the wings for bruftiesj the feet for amulets : but id.-^- 

 dom eat the flelh, unlefs compelled by hunger, , 



It is alfo a native oi Iceland,. 



S. Gyrfalcon, ^r. ZW. N° 47j tab. xix. — Latham, i. 71, N° 50 A, and N^joBJ 

 ift paragr. and 83, N" 69, 

 Falco Iflandus, Faun. Groenl. 58, N» 35. — Brunnick, W^^ 7, 8. — Crantz, i. 78.— 

 E^ede,6j^. — Horreboiu, ^Z,—'ht\.Mvs. 



ip* With a yellow cere : bluiih bill, greatly hooked : eye dark blue : : 



the throat of a pure white : the whole body, wings, and tail, of 



$he.fame.color,,moft elegantly marked with dufky barsj linesy or fpots, .. 



leaving- 



