MERLIN. 53 
RAPTORES. PALCONID LE. 
THE MERLIN. 
Falco esaton. 
Faleo esalon, The Merlin, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 251, 
Monr. Ornith. Dict. 
Bewicx. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 48. 
Frem. Brit. An. p. 50. 
SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 51. 
Jmnyns, Brit. Vert. p. 83. 
sf ie x GouLp, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 
Le Faucon Emérilion, Tamm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 27. 
29 bb) 3” 
33 99 29 
29 92 99 
39 by) 39 
+b) 29 39 
Tue Meruin is one of the smallest of the British Fal- 
conide, and being of rapid flight and great courage, pos- 
gesses, on a diminished scale, all the attributes and cha- 
racters of a true Falcon. So bold as well as powerful, in 
