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Falco Iflandus, Brim. or*, lor. p. 2. N° 7. 



*T*HIS is white, marked with fmallifh cordated black fpots 

 on the upper parts : tail-feathers quite white ; the two mid- 

 dle ones obfoletely fafciated with black. 



50. 



V«; A. 



WHITE 

 ICELAND F. 



Description. 



Falco Iflandus, Brun. en. bor. p. 2. N e 8. 



50. 

 Var. B. 

 SPOTTED 

 . ICELAND F. 



pOLOUR white, with large cordated fpots: the tail-fea- Description. 

 thers white, and all of them fafciated with black. 

 Mr. Brunnich feems to be uncertain whether the above be 

 diftinct fpecies, or only varieties. In the Gentleman's Magazine, 

 vol. xli. p. 297. there is a figure of the firft of thefe Falcons, 

 and a fuller account by much than that given by Mr. Brunnich ; 

 Ikying, that it meafures one foot nine inches. The bill dulky : 

 cere yellow : the head white, faintly tinged with ruft-colour : the 

 fhafts of each feather dufky : the back dulky, fpotted and mar- 

 gined with white : outer webs of the quill-feathers are dulky, 

 mottled with reddifh white ; the inner webs dufky alfo, barred 

 with white : tail a little rounded ; each feather marked with four- 

 teen or more bars of dufky and white ; each colour oppofing the 

 other on different fides of the fhaft : the wings reach to the 

 end of the tail, excepting one inch : the neck, breaft, and belly, 

 are white, with oblong dark fpots, pointing downwards ; on the 

 belly the marks are dufky, and of different fhapes : the thighs 

 are white, tranfverfely barred with brown : the legs are yellow : 



claws black -, the hind one very long. 



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