.FALCON, 



So far from the Syftema Natura. Linnaus quotes feveral other 

 authors, but none of them correfpond with his defcription : 

 indeed, the Fauna Suecica, which he mentions among the reft, 

 fays, that it has a dark cinereous back; that the belly is of a 

 light afh, with tranfverfe fpots; that it is the fize of a cock, and 

 infefts dove-houfes. 



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Le Gerfault, Brif. cm. i. p. 370. N° 19. t. 30, f, z„ 

 — — ■ Buf. oif. i. p. 239. t. 13. 



— — — — PI. enl. 215, 446, 46Z. 



Gyrfalco, Raiifyn. p. 13, N° 3. 

 Gerfalcon, Will. om. p. 78. N° 3. 

 White Falcon, D°. p. 80. N° 7. 

 Gyrfalcon, Br. Zool. N° 47. 

 Lev. Muf. 



69. 



4- WHITE JER- 



FALCONo 



CIZE of a Gofhawk. Bill blue afh : tip blackifh : cere blue 

 afh : irides, and fkin round the eyes, blue : general colour 

 white, fpotted with brown : legs of a pale blueifh afh-colour : 

 claws lead-colour. 



This, as Mr. Pennant obferves, is the Gyrfalco of all the or- 

 nithologifts, except Linnaeus. M. de Buffon mentions three kinds 

 of the Jerfalcon; the firft brown above, white beneath, fpotted 

 with brown ; tail grey* with tranfverfe brown lines ; the fecond 

 differing very little from the firft : the third white. 



Whether Linnaeus was fenfible of thefe varieties cannot be faid* 

 as he does not mention one word about it : however, it is clear 

 that he did not mean this white kind from his defcription, not- 

 withftanding he might quote it in his fynonyms. 



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Description. 



