FALCON. 



tail : the'feathers of the tail are blueifh afh-colour, with feven 

 tranfverfe brown bands. 



Lintiisus makes this a difbincSl fpecies. 



Brijfon makes it a variety of the Peregrine Falcon, or next 

 fpecies. It inhabits Barbary. 



13 



Le Faucon pelerin, Brif. orn. i. p. 341. N° 6. 



■ — Buf. oif. i. p. 249. et fuiv. 



Falco peregrinus, Rait Syn. p. 13. N° 1. 

 Peregrine, or haggard Falcon, Will. orn. p. 76. t. 8. 

 Peregrine Falcon, Br. Zool. N° 48. t. zo. 

 Lev. Muf. 



I Z E of the common Falcon. The bill is blueifh : cere 

 and irides luteous (in fome dufky) ; above, it is cinereous, 

 with tranfverfe cinereous brown bands; beneath rufous white, 

 crofled with tranfverfe blackifh bands : tail barred with alternate 

 cinereous and blackifh bands, and tipped with white : legs yel- 

 low : claws black. 



Mr. Pennant obferves, that the legs are fhort, and the toes 

 very long; alfo, that it is fubject to vary in the colour of it's 

 plumage. 



PEREGRINE 

 F. 



Description. 



Le Faucon de Tartarie, Brif. orn. i. p. 345. 52. 



Faucon de Tartarie ou Barbarie, Bel. Hifl. des oif. p. 116. _ Var. A. 



J * TARTARIAN 



' F 



THIS differs in being a trifle bigger, and in having the -p. 

 &t> ' P Description. 



wings rufous above, and very long toes. 

 M. Brijfon joins this with the two former, as varieties only. 



L M. de Buffon 



