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VEETEBRATES 



The Night-Hawk. 



tamed, and will then associate with the most incongruous com- 

 panions. A gentleman had a young Sparrow-Hawk which used 

 to live in his dovecote among his pigeons, would accompany them 

 in their flights, and was uneasy if separated from its strange 

 friends. Although a brave little bird in its wild state, it some- 

 times becomes sadly degenerate when domesticated. 



The Hawk Lannarius. — Lannarius, in ornithology, is a 

 bird of the long-winged hawk kind. In English it is called the 

 latmer, and the male the lanneret. Its beak and legs are blue ; its 

 head and neck are variegated with large streaks of black and 

 white ; its back, wings, and tail are not variegated, unless with a 

 few small white spots ; and its wings, when extended, are speckled 

 underneath with small round white spots ; its neck and legs are 

 very short. This species is very common in France, remains the 

 whole year without migrating like other hawks ; is very docile, 

 and is trained up for all the purposes of the ancient and animating 

 amusement of falconry. The same species is found in the southern 

 climate of Italy, but differs in the following respects : it has much 

 of a yellowish brown about the shoulders, and is so indocile, that 

 it is of no use in sporting. It is also found in Ireland, and is thus 



