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FALCO BARBARUS. 



(BARBARY FALCON.) 



The Barberry Falcon, Albin, Nat. Hist. Birds, Suppl. iii. p. 2, pi. 2 (17-40). 

 Accipiter falco tunetanus, Briss. Om. i. p. 343 (1760). 

 Falco barbarus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 125 (1766). 

 Falco pelegrinoides, Temm. PI. Col. 479 (1838). 

 Falco peregrinoides, Schl. & Susemihl, Vog. Eur. taf. 9. fig. 1 (1839). 

 Falco lanarius alphanet, Schl. Abh. in der Geb. Zool. p. 16 (1841). 

 Falco punicus, Levaill. jun. Expl. Scient. de l'Alg. pi. 1 (1850). 

 Gennaja barbarus (L.), Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 535. 

 Gennaja Barbara (L.), Loche, Hist. Nat. Ois. d'Alg. p. 55 (1867). 



Bourni, Arabic. 



Figurce yiotabiles. 



Temminck, PI. Col. 479 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 2. fig. 3 ; Susemihl, Vog. Eur. taf. 9. fig. 1 ; 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1859, pi. 6 ; Salv. & Brod. Falconry Brit. Isl. pis. 20, 21. 



$ ad. supra ut in Falcone peregrino colorata scd pallidior, nucha, saturate ferruginefi nigro schistaceo notata : 

 corpore subtiis albido, rufcscente cervino tint-to : hypochondriis et abdomine iino vis nigro fasciatis : 

 subalaribus rufescenti-albidis nigricante fasciatis. 



Juv. vix a F. minore distinguenda. 



Adult Female (Constantine, Algeria). Entire upper parts as in the adult Peregrine, but paler and greyer, 

 the head especially being lighter-coloured ; entire nape deep rusty red blotched with slaty black ; under- 

 parts creamy white with a rufous tinge ; breast and throat unmarked ; flanks and the lower abdomen 

 faintly barred with blackish ; under wing-coverts warm reddish white closely barred with blackish ; bill, 

 cere, iris, and legs as in the Peregrine. Total length about 13 inches, culmen - 9, wing ll - 0, tail 5 - 5, 

 tarsus P7, middle toe with claw 2"0. 



Young. Resembles the young of Falco minor. 



The Barbary Falcon inhabits Northern Africa, its head quarters being the Atlas range ; and it has 

 been met with as far east as India. It doubtless straggles now and again to the northern shores 

 of the Mediterranean ; and I have examined a specimen from Granada, now in the British 

 Museum, which certainly appears to me to be referable to the present species. Owing, however, 

 to the close resemblance between the young of the present species and the Lesser Peregrine, it is 

 necessary to exercise extreme caution in accepting the records of its occurrence in the south of 

 Europe. Messrs. Degland and Gerbe merely state that it is occasionally seen in the south of 

 Europe, without giving any specific instance of its occurrence. I find no evidence of its occur- 



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