Class II. GREY FALCON. 221 



Falco griseus. F. cera palpebris bus albo maculatis. Lath. s. Grey. 

 pedibusque luteis, corpore su- Ind. orn.37. id. Syn. i. 82. 



pra griseo, abdomine albo Falco griseus. Gm. Lin. 275. 



maculis oblongis nigris, cau- Grey Falcon. Br. ZooL 65, 

 da cunei-formi longa, remi- ih. octavo, 137. 

 gibus rectricibusque laterali« 



This kind was shot near Halifax in 1762, Descrip- 



. TION. 



and the following account transmitted to us by 

 Mr. Bolt 072, of TVorlij -dough. This bird was 

 about the size of a raven : the bill was strong, 

 short, much hooked, and of a bluish color ; the 

 cere, and edges of the eye-lids yellow; the 

 irides red ; the head was small, flatted at the 

 top ; the fore part of a deep brown ; the hind 

 part white. The sides of the head and throat 

 were creme colored; the belly white, marked 

 with oblong black spots ; the hind part of the 

 neck, and the back M'^ere of a deep grey. Th© 

 wings were very long, and when closed reached 

 beyond the tail ; the first of the quil feathers 

 were black, with a white tip ; the others were of 

 a bluish grey, and their inner webs irregularly 

 spotted with white : the tail was long, and wedge 

 shaped ; the two middle feathers being the long- 

 est, were plain, (the color not mentioned) the 

 rest spotted. The legs were long, naked; and 

 yellow. 



