36 RAPACES. FALCO. F’aLcons. 
Jer-Falcon.—F alco Islandicus, Lath. 
PLATE 14. 
( Faucon Gerfaut, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 1. p. 17. 
Falco Islandicus candicans, Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 32. 69.—Gmel. Syst- 
s e 1. p. 275. sp. 101.—Meyer, 'Tasschenb. Deut. 1. sp. 65. 
rae Falco Rusticolus, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 268. sp. 7.—Lath. Ind. Ornith. y. }. 
Wie p: 28. 60. 
Gerfaut de Norvége, Buff: Ois. 1. p. 239.—Jd. Pl. Enl. 462. 
White Jer Falcon, Lath. Syn. 1.p.83. and 84.—IJd. Supp. p. 21.—Br. Zool. 
[ 1. No. 47. t. 19.—Arct. Zool. 2. p. 221. E.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 1. t. 16. 
( Falco Gyrfalco, Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. 32.68.—Linn. Syst. 1. p.130.—Gmel. 
Syst. 1. p. 275. sp. 27. 
eee Islandicus, Briss. 1. p..373. A. t. 31.—Id. 8vo. p. 108.—Muller, 
0. 73. : 
Syn. of Falco sacer, Gmel. p. 273. sp. 93. 
Immature J Le Gerfaut, Bug? Ois. 1. p. 239. t. 13.—Id. Pl. Enl. 210. and 446. 
Birds Le Sacre, Buff: Ois. 1. 246. t. 14. 
‘ Iceland Falcon, Arct. Zool. 2. p. 216.—Lath. Syn. 1. 71. 5. B. 
Jer Falcon, Mont. Ornith. Dict.—Jd. Supp.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, 1. p. 29. 
—Low’s Fauna Orcad. p. 35. 
Brown Jer Falcon, Lath. Syn. 1. p. 82. 
(Greenland Falcon, Arct. Zool. 2. p. 220. 
This is the most powerful member of the sixth section, and 
one of the boldest of the whole genus. 
As such, it was held in high estimation by the followers of 
Usedin that princely, but now neglected pastime, we have before 
Falconry. mentioned, and was used for flying at what were deemed the 
‘¢ nobler flights” of game, such as cranes, herons, wild 
geese, &c. 
According to ‘‘ The Gentleman’s Recreation,” (an old but 
interesting treatise on hunting, hawking, and other field 
sports), this kind was difficult to reclaim; but, when once 
brought to obey the voice of the falconer, was of much great- 
er value than any of the others. ; 
The Jer-Falcon is of very rare occurrence in England ; 
and I have never been able to examine a recent specimen on 
the south of the River Tweed. 
Locality. | It is known in the northern parts of Scotland, particularly 
in the Orkney and Shetland Isles, and is enumerated by Mr 
Low in his Fauna Orcad., but he appears to consider it as a 
visitant, not as a fixed inhabitant of those parts. 
