202 -fe'ACRE, AND PEREGRINE FALCON, 



96. SAtRE.- Behn, Hijl. desOif. \oZ.—BuffoH,'\. Z!^^. 



Speckled Patridge Hawk oi Hud/on' s Bay, Phil. TmnJ. Ixii. -ifli.—Lalhain, x. 78^. 

 N°^ 58, 59. . _ 



T? With a duncybill; upper mandible toothed: i rides yellow : 

 • cere and legs bluifh. Head, and upper part of the body, of a 

 duflcy brown : hind part of the head mottled with white : whole un- 

 der fide of the body, from chin to vent, • white ; the middle of each 



• feather marked with a duflcy fpot : wings reach almoft to the end of 



the tail : coverts, fcapulars, and primaries, of a deep brown, ele- 

 gantly barred tranfverfely with white : tail brown, marked on eacH 

 fide with oval tranfverfe fpots of red : feathers on the thighs very 

 long, brown fpotted with white : the fore part of the legs covered 

 with feathers almoft to the feet. Length two feet. Weight two 

 pounds and an half. 



Place. Inhabits Hudfon's Bay and Newfoundland : found alio in Tartary^ 



and is a fpecies celebrated there for the fport of falconry. It is a 

 hardy fpecies j for it never quits the rigorous climate of Hudfon's 

 Bay. Preys on the white Grous, which it will feize even while the, 

 fowler is driving them into his nets. It breeds in April and May^ 

 m defert places. The young fly in the middle of June, The females 

 are faid to lay only two eggs. 



97. Peregrinf. Br. Zoo!, i. N''48. — Latl>am,i. 6S, N° 49 ; 73. N°52. 



Spotted Hawk, or Falcon ; and Black Falcon, Edw, i. 3, 4. 

 Le Faucon, De Bufon, i. 249. pi. 16. — ^Lev, Mv». 



U With a fhort ftrong bill, toothed on the upper mandible, of a 



• bluifh color : cere yellow : irides hazel : forehead whitilh : 



crown, and hind part of the head, dufky : the back, fcapulars, and 



coverts of wings, elegantly b^red with deep blue and black : the 



9 primaries 



