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LANNEIt FALCON. 
Rapaces — DlURN^. 
FALCONID^F. 
Genus — Falco. (Linnceus.) 
Sub-genus — Falco. (Bechstein.) 
LANNER FALCON. 
Falco Lanarius. 
Falco Lanarius, Schlegel; Revue, 1844, p. 2. 
" " Klein; Oido Avium, p. 48, No. 5. 
" tanypterus, Blasius. 
" lanarius, Bonaparte. 
" " nubicus, Schlegel. 
" Feldeggii, Schlegel; Zoologie. Schlegel and 
Susemihl. 
Le Lanier, Belon; p. 123. Buffon; Nat. Hist. 
des Ois., i., p. 243. 
" " Schlegel et Verster; Traite de 
Fauconnerie, fern, adult. 
Specific Characters. — Moustache narrow; tail long; toes short, the median 
shorter than the tarsus. Plumage like that of the Peregrine Falcon, with the 
nape of the neck a reddish brown. — Degland. 
Measurement. Male — Length fourteen inches. Length of wing twelve 
inches and a quarter. Length of tail six inches ten lines. Middle toe one 
inch eight lines. Female — Length fifteen inches. Length of wing twelve 
inches and three-quarters. Length of tail seven inches ten lines. Middle 
toe one inch nine lines. 
There is no Falcon about which so much confusion has existed as 
the celebrated Lanner of Falconry. The name has been given to the 
Peregrine, the Ger-Falcon, the Sacer, and other birds, even by syste- 
matic writers. We are indebted to M. Schlegel for applying the right 
