a6 F A L C Q N. 



N°82. 



Red-throated F. 



N'ji. 



Orange-breafted H 



S3- 



Speckled B. 



92. 



Spotted-tailed H. 



84. 



American Brown H. 



93- 



Merlin. 



85. 



Sparrowhawk. 





A. New York M. 





A. Spotted Sp. 





B. Caribbee M. 





B. White Sp. . 





G. Falconers M. 



86. 



Pigeon H. 



94. 



Little F. 



87. 



Guiana F.. 



95- 



Saint Domingo F. 



88. 



Ingrian F. 



96. 



Minute F.. 



89. 



Great-billed F. 



97-- 



Bengal Ei 



90. 



Hobby.. 



98. 



Siberian F. 



'"PHE bill is hooked, and fumifhed with a waxy fkin at the bafe,, 

 called the cere.. 



The head and neck thickly befet with feathers. 



The tongue bifid at the end. 

 This is the Linnaan definition. Mr. Pennant * adds : 



Noftrils fmall, oval, placed in the cere. 



Legs and feet fcaly; middle toe connected to the outmoft,, 

 as far as the firft joint, by a ftrong membrane. 



Claw& large,, much hooked, and very fharp j that of the outer 

 toe the leaft. 



The female larger and ftronger than the male. 



This genus of birds is fo well known, that fcarcely any one 

 is at a lofs where to place any fpecies he fhall fee. The only 

 miftake that can happen, is in confounding it with the firft 

 genus, for the reafons therein mentioned. The chief characte- 

 riftics are the bill and claws ; being both of them very hooked and: 



* Genera of Birds, 1773, p. 2; 



lharp.. 



