FALCON. 



rocks &r[d ruifis: lays four or five e^gs, of a" dufky whitej marked 

 with ruft-coloured blotches, of irregular fizes and ftiapes *. In 

 former times has been ufed in falconry f. 



a? 



Pigeon Hawk, Ge», Sjn, i. p. lOK N*^ 86. 



npHIS breeds at Hud/on's Bay, making the neft of flicks and 

 grafs, lined with feathers, in the hollow of a tree : lays from 

 two to four white eggs, thinly marked with red fpots : the young 

 fly in Jugujl : is known by the name of Fecufijh-%. 



86. 



- PIGEON 



HAWK. 



Ingrian Falcon, Gen. Sj/fi. i. p. 102. N" 83. 

 Falco vefpertinus, Georgi Reife, p. 164. 



'T'HIS fpecies is common about the lake Baikal: is known at 

 AJirachan by the nameof Xe^^^r ||. It has much of the man^ 

 ners of the Kejiril, but extends farther eaji than either that bird or 

 t\\Q Hobby, though lefs common than either §. 



88. 

 INGRIAN F. 



Great-billed Falcon, Gen, Syn. i. p. 103. N^Sg. 



N a colleflion of birds from Cayenne, I met with the follov/ing, 

 which I fuppofe to be allied to this bird. Length to the rump 

 twelve inches: bill very large in proportion to the fize of the 

 bird, at lead of twice the ufual proportion ; upper mandible 

 black, the under yellow : about the eyes almoft bare of fea- 



* Portland Muf. 

 Dec, Ruff, il. p. 142. 



t Will. Orn. p. 86. 

 4 Mr. Pennant. 



E 2 



X Mr. HutcMns. 

 thcrs -. 



89. 



GREAT-BILL- 

 ED F. 



