GREAT-FOOTED HAWK. 677 
in their long and toilsome journey. During the winter, at Fort Man- 
dan, they were observed in immense numbers, notwithstanding the 
cold was so excessive, that on the 17th December, 1804, the thermom- 
eter stood at 45° below 0. ; : 
' Like the Crow, this species may be easily domesticated, and in that 
state would afford amusement by its familiarity, frolics, and sagacity. 
But such noisy and mischievous pets, in common with parrots and 
monkeys, are not held in high estimation in this quarter of the globe ; 
and are generally overlooked for those universal favorites, which either 
gratify the eye by the neatness or brilliancy of their plumage,.or glad- 
den the ear by the simplicity or variety of their song. 
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GREAT-FOOTED HAWK.—FALCO PEREGRIN USs*— 
Fic. 322. — Femae. i 
Rati Syn. p. 13, No. 1.— Turt. Syst. 1, p. 155. — Belon, Aves, 116. — Falco pere- 
. grinus niger, Aldr. Aves, 1, 239.— Sparviere pellegrino femmina, Lorenzi, Aves, 
tab. 24.— Blue-backed Falcon, CharJetoni, Evercit. 73.— Peregrine Falcon, 
Penn. Br. Zool. 1, p. 156, No. 48, pl. 20.—Arct. Zool. 1, p. 236, No. 97.— 
Lath. Syn.1, p. 73, No. 52.— Peregrine, or Haggard Faleon, Will. Orn. p. - 
76, tab. 8. — Spotted Hawk, or Faleon, Edwards, 1, p. 3.— Black Hawk or 
Falcon, Idem, 1, p. 4.—Le Faucon pelerin, Briss. Aves, 1, 341. — Buff. Ois. 
‘1, p. 249, pl. 16, et suiv.— Peale’s Museum, No. 386. , : 
FALCO PEREGRINUS.—Lisxevst ~~ 
Falcon peregrinus, Bonap. Synop. is 27.— North. Zool. ii. p. 23.— Peregrine Fal- 
con, Selby, Must. Br. Orn. pl. 15, p. 37. — Flem. Br. Anim. p. 49.— Falco per- 
egrinus? Aust. birds in Coll. Linn. Soc. by Vig. and Horsf. vol. xv. p. 183. 
Ir is with great pleasure that we are now enabled to give a portrait 
of this celebrated Hawk, drawn of half the size of life, in the best 
* Tt is also a European species. __ 
+ Among the Falconidee this bird will present that form best adapted for seizing 
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