7» FALCON. 



Place. Thefe, as well as feveral other fpecies of Falcons, inhabit 



Iceland *. The King of Denmark is laid to fend there annually, to 

 buy all up that can be procured ; and for that purpofe has efta- 

 blifhed a Falcon houfe at Bejfefted, to which the Icelanders bring 

 them as foon as taken. The white ones are in moft efteem : 

 they allow fifteen rixdollars f for one of thefe ; ten, 'for one that 

 is nearly white ; and for the fort laft defcribed, only feven ; with 

 a prefent befides, to each Falcon-catcher, by way of encou- 

 ragement, 



I fuppofe that thefe Falcons are very docile, as they catch 

 them in nets, at any fize or age. On the contrary, many of the 

 forts ufed in falconry are obliged to be taught very young, or 

 they never will be under command. 



BARBARV Falco barbarus, Lin./yft. i. p. 125. N° 8. 



F. Le Faucon de Barbarie, Brif. orn. i. p. 343. 6. A. 



Falco tun&anus, Rati fyn. p. 14. N°9. 

 Tunis, or Barbary Falcon, Will. orn. p. 81. 

 Falcon from Barbary, Alb. v. iii. p. 1. t. 2. 



Description. pOR fize and colour this bird refembles the Lanner. The 

 length is feventeen inches. The bill is black : cere luteous : 

 irides yellow: the plumage above is of a blueilh alh- colour, 

 fpotted with black : on the wings are few or no fpots: the breaft 

 is of a yellowifh white, with a blue tinge : on the lower part of 

 the belly are longilh black fpots : the quills are black, with the 

 outer edges white : the wings reach almoft to the end of the 



* Horrebcw 's Hijlory of Iceland, p. 58. 

 ■f Mr. Brunnicb fays, feventeen rixdollars. 

 10 . tail: 



