218 - PEREGRINE FALCON. Class II. 



This is the Gyrfalco of all the ornithologists 

 except LinncEus, whose bird we are totally un- 

 acquainted with : though he gives several of 

 their synonyms, his description differs entirely 

 from each of them. It inhabits the north oiScot- 

 ^ land; our specimen was shot near ^^erfifee/z. - 



" Iceland is supposed to furnish the most ge- 

 nerous breed of this species, and the king of Den- 

 rnay'k sends there annually for all that can be 

 procured; they are also in great request at 

 Vienna. Those of a white color are most esteem- 

 ed." J, L..4.i, vt------ j.d....;i 



7. Pere- Falcoperegrinus, F.cerapedibus- Blue backed Wicoxi. . .Charh 



GRiNE. que luteis, corpore nigricante Ex. 73. 



transversim striato, supra caeru- Sparviere pellegrino femmina. 



lescente, subtus albido, rectri- Lorenziav. Tab. 24.^ *, 



cibus fasciatis apicibus albidis. Le Faucon pelerin. Brisson 



Lath. Ind. orn. 33. id. Syn. i. av. i. 341. Hist, d'ois. i. 



73. id. Sup. i. 18. Gm. Lin. 24g. - 



272. Peregrine Falcon. Br. ZooU 

 Bdonav.UQ. ,.., r.- Tab. A*. 5. Arct.Zool.'i. 



Fako pcregrinus niger. ^/c?r. (zu. 23Q. 



i. 23g. ' '^^^^ Ofoftw 9D i 



.'■an ^law •■^ysr" ^iMi&.5fu>-'i:<t w-oMjik. i/j-iis 

 Descrif- J[>^ size equiai to the liidor-buzzard. The bill 



TION. 1 



is strong, short, and very much hooked, armed 

 near the end of the upper mandible vrith a very 

 sharp process; blue at the base, black at tha 

 point: the irides dusky. ;am.:.v;:i 



