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FALCON. 



The fort above defcribed is found in Iceland, and in other 

 very cold climates. The fpecimen from which Mr. Pennant 

 defcribed his, was (hot near Aberdeen. It inhabits the North of 

 Scotland. 



69. 



Var. A. 



ICELAND JER- 



FALCON. 

 Description. 



Le Gerfault d'lilande, Brif. orn. i. p. 373. t. 31. 



flHHE bird has luteous irides : it is brown above, fpotted with 

 white on the back and wings : the lower part of the back, 

 the rump, and upper tail-coverts, have bands of an hoary co- 

 lour : the throat of a rufous white, as is the lower part of the 

 neck, each feather longitudinally marked with brown : the parts 

 beneath are white, fpotted with black: legs yellow.. 

 Inhabits Iceland with the laft. 



70. 



SURINAM 



F. 



Falco fufflator, Lin.fyft. i. p. 127. N° 17. 

 Surinam Falcon, Bancroft N. Hijl . of Guiana, p. 153. 

 Br. Muf. 



Description. J INNjEUS defcribes this bird in the following manner:-— The' 



cere is yellow v noftrils furnifhed with a flefhy lobe between 



them : covering of the eyes bony * : body above brown ; the 



* Oculorum operculis offeis, I fuppofe he means that the opaque part of the 

 cornea, fo called by anatomifts (or white of the eye) is of a bony texture : if fo, 

 it is by no means peculiar to this bird: it is of a very hard fubftance in moll of 

 the genus, but remarkably fo in the Oivl tribe, in which the eyes are large, 

 and it is very confpicuous. 



feathers 



