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JERFALCON. 



Falco Gyrfalco. F. fuscus, subalbido variatus, subtus albiduJ 



?nacidisfuscis, caudafasciis numerosis fuscis. 

 Brown Falcon with whitish variegations, beneath white with 



brown spots, and tail with numerous brown bars. 

 Falco Gyrfalco. F. cera ccerulea, pedibus lute'is, corpore fusco, 



subtus fasciis cinereis, caudae lateribus albis. Lin. Syst. Nat.,- 

 Iceland Falcon. Gent, magaz. vol. 41. p. 1QJ. 

 Le Gerfault. Buff. ois. 

 Brown Jerfalcon. Lath, synops . 

 Jerfault d'Islande. Planches Enluminees 210. 

 Jerfault de Norvege. Planches Enluminees 462. 

 White Jerfalcon. Penn. Brit. Zool. 

 White Jerfalcon. Lath, synops. 

 Falco candicans. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 Le Gerfault. Briss. ois. 1. p. 370. t. '60. f. 2. 

 Gerfault blanc du pays du Nord. Planches Enluminees 44§. 



This species, by the almost unanimous consent 

 of authors, stands at the head of the Falcons pro- 

 perly so called, and is considered as the boldest and 

 most beautiful of the tribe. It is a native of the 

 northern regions, and is found in its greatest 

 perfection in Iceland. In size it equals, and per- 

 haps rather exceeds the Goshawk, which it resem- 

 bles in its shape, but has longer wings and shorter 

 legs in proportion. Its general colour is brown 

 above, in deeper and lighter variegations, and 

 whitish beneath, with brown longitudinal spots; 

 those on the neck and thighs, which latter are well 

 covered with long and large feathers, being in the 

 form of longitudinal streaks, and sometimes in 



