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migratory nature. In the Fauna Suecica he de- 

 scribes it with ferruginous back and wings; the 

 head, and whole body beneath, cinereous-white, 

 with black longitudinal spots : tail long, and mark- 

 ed with opposite white spots; legs feathered be- 

 yond their middles; feet and bill blue; and observes 

 that it is a species very distinct from the Italian 

 Lanner. 



Mr. Pennant, in the British Zoology, describes 

 and figures a bird communicated to him by the 

 name of Lanner, and taken in a decoy in Lincoln- 

 shire. It was less than a Buzzard, the cere of a 

 pale greenish blue: the legs short and strong, and 

 of a blueish cast : the plumage on the upper parts 

 deep-brown, the edges of the feathers paler, those 

 on the head being brown and clay-colour: over 

 each eye was a white streak, and beneath each a 

 black mark, pointing downwards : the throat white, 

 the breast tinged with dull yellow, and marked with 

 longitudinal brown spots, the thighs and vent 

 being marked in a similar manner: the quill-feathers 

 duskv,the inner webs marked with oval rust-colour- 

 ed spots, and the tail spotted in the same manner. 



After all these descriptions, one would be in- 

 clined to suppose this bird entitled to the rank it 

 lias hitherto maintained in ornithological writings. 

 I am informed however, on seemingly good au- 

 thority, that the Lanner, so often considered as a 

 distinct species both by Falconers and Naturalists, 

 is in reality no other than the Peregrine Falcon in 

 its first or second year, and before it has arrived 

 at its full and genuine plumage. It is for this 



