FALCON. 



It is M. Ae Bufforis * opinion, that this bird is a diftinct pe- 

 des, and not a variety. 



49. 



Var. F. 

 SPOTTED- 

 WINGED 

 F. 



Description, 



Le Faucon tachete, Brif. orn. i. p. 329. 

 Spotted Falcon, Ed<w, t. 3. — Am. Zool. N» 



CIZE of a Crow. The bill in this bird is lead-colour : the 

 cere of a greenifh yellow : angles of the mouth orange : eyes 

 placed in a lead-coloured fkin : irides obfcure : above, the bird is 

 brown : on each fide of the head is a large black mark, begin- 

 ning under the eyes, and pafiing to the beginning of the neck : 

 the under parts are white, fpotted with brown j the fpots largefl 

 on the breaft and belly : wing-coverts brownifh, with round white 

 fpots : legs bright yellow : claws black. Inhabits HudforCs Bay. 



Mr. Edwards fuppofes this and the laft to be male and female; 

 M. de Buffon f imagines it to be the Faucon fors, or very little 

 different j which of them is. in the right, I will not pretend 

 to determine. 



49r 



Var. G. 



BROWN 



F. 



Description. 



Le Faucon brun, Brif. orn-. i. p. 331, 

 Braun fahle Geyer, Fri/ch'. t. 76.. 



C I Z E of a Jerfalcon. The bill is of a dark afh-colour : cere 

 yellowifh : head brownifh, marked with longitudinal ferru- 

 ginous brown fpots: the upper part of the body brown, fpotted 

 with deeper brown ; beneath white, fpotted with brown : the 

 fpots on the breaft launce-fhaped : legs yellow : claws black. 



• Hiff. dts off. i. p. 268. t P. 369. 



This 



