FALCON. 



drawing In Mr. Banks's * poffefiion, faid to come from Hudfon's 

 Bay* 



Le Faucon de la Baye d'Hudfon, Sri/, orn. i. p. 356 N° 10. 



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35- 



»■ Buf. oif. i. p. 223. ASH COLOURED 



Afh-coloured Buzzard, Ed<ui. t. 53. — ForJl.Amer. Cat. p. 9. B- 



Cinereous Falcon, Am. Zool. N° 



QIZE of a middling Hen. The bill is of a blueiib colour: cere Description. 



the fame : iris yellow : over the eye is a white line fpotted with 

 brown ; under the eye a duflcy line : above, the bird is of a cine- 

 reous brown; beneath, deep brown, mixed with white : the prime 

 quills are deep brown ; the firft of them fpotted on the outfide 

 with white : the tail beneath is cinereous, banded with white j 

 [above cinereous brown, with tranfverfe grey bands r the legs 

 are of a blueifh afh-colour, covered with feathers for half their 

 length : claws black. 



This fpecies inhabits Hudfon's Bay, and is faid to prey chiefly Place, 



on the White Partridge or Ptarmigan. 



* To this gentleman the world is much obliged, by his great atteation. 

 to every department of natural hiftory in common ; and in regard to the prefent 

 undertaking, the author would do him injuftice, did he not own himfelf par- 

 ticularly fo, by theunreferved ufe of his moll valuable and extenfive library of 

 natural hiftory; without which, this work would have fallen ihort of that fmall 

 degree of perfection which it has- attained.. 



Lev. 



