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66. 



CEYLONESE 



CRESTED 



F. 



N. S. 



Description. 



FALCON. 



"D ILL dufky : cere yellow : colour wholly white as milk : on the 

 head are two feathers hanging behind, like a pendent creft. 

 This bird inhabits Ceylon*. — Communicated by Mr. Pennant: 

 the fize not mentioned. 



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GREY 



F. 



Description. 



Grey Falcon, Br. Zool. N° 49. 



ClZE of a Raven. Bill fhort, ftrong, hooked, and of a blueifh 

 colour: cere and edges of the eyelids yellow: irides red : 

 head fmall, flat, of a deep brown on the fore part, white be- 

 hind : fides of the head and throat cream-coloured : belly white, 

 with oblong black fpots: hind part of the neck, and the back, of 

 a deep grey : wings reach beyond the end of the tail ; quill-fea- 

 thers fpotted with white : tail long, wedge-lhaped, and fpotted j 

 the two middle feathers plain : legs long, naked, and yellow. 

 This bird was fliot near Halifax^ in Torkjhire, in the year 1762. 



BROWN JER- 

 FALCON 



Falco jerfalco, Lin.fyft. i. p. 130. N° zj.~Faun.fuec. p. 24. N° 64. 



Description. 'TpHE cere is blue: the body brown, fafciated with cinereous 

 beneath : the fide tail-feathers are white. It varies in having 

 fometimes blue and fometimes yellow legs. It's prey are Cranes, 

 Herons, and Pigeons. 



* If M. tie Buffon's rule holds good, which is, that every white bird of this 

 ;genus is a variety, and not a diftinft fpecies, this may moll probably turn out 

 •a variety of our CreJIed Indian Falcon, N° 63.— See Buf. oif. i. p, 73. 



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