BIRDS.. RAPACIOUS. Falcons. 503 



F. gentilis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 29. n. 66. Gefn. av. 71. Aldr. orn. i. 481. Briff. av. i. 339. — 

 Falco montanus. Raj. av. 13. — Gentil Falcon. Brit. zool. i. n. 50. t. 21. 22. Arcl. zool. ii. 203. 

 n. 98. Albin. av. ii. 4. t. 6. Will- orn. angl. 79. Lewin, brit. b. i. t. 1 1. Lath. fyn. i. 64. n. 48. 

 fup. 17. 



Inhabits the higher mountains of Europe, North America, and the country on the Wolga. — Lives 

 much on partridges: This fpecies is rather larger than the Gofhawk; but thofe found in America- are 

 larger than thofe of Europe, being as far as two feet two inches long : The bill is dufky, or leaden 

 coloured ; the irides are yellow ; the head and upper fide of the neck are light rufty, with black 

 ftreaks ; the whole under part of the body is white, with dufky heart-ihaped fpots ; the tail is dot- 

 ted with white •, the claws are black. 



1:08 26. Common Falcon — 7.1. Falco communis 86. 



The bill is bluifh afh coloured, with a yellow cere ; the legs and irides are yellow ; the 

 body is brown, the plumage being edged with rufty ; the tail is barred tranfveriely 

 with darker brown. 



F. communis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 30. n. 67 — Accipiter fufcus, Schwarzbrauner Falk. Frifch, av. 

 t. 74. — Falco. BrhT. orn. 92. n. 4. — Faucon. BufF. oif. i. 249. — Falcone. Cett. uc. fard. 36. — 

 Common Falcon. Lath. fyn.. i. 6$. n. 49,.. 



Inhabits Europe, Ada, and America. — This fpecies- is fubjecT: to great variety from age, fex, cli- 

 mate, and other circumftances ; the beft marked varieties are enumerated in the following lift. 



309 (S. Yearling Falcon. — yi, /3. F. communis hornotinus.. 



Has an afh coloured tinge. BrifT. orn. 93. n. 4. a. Lath. ind. orn. i. 30. n. 67. p. 



Faucon fors. BufF. oif. i. t. 15. PL enl. 470. — Yearling Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 65. n. 49. a. 



This bird, as its name implies, is a young Falcon of a year old, and differs from the former in the 

 brown .being lighter or afh coloured. 



mo y. Haggard Falcon. — 71. j8. F. communis gibbofus. 



The back is fomewhat hunched. Raj. av. 14. n. 6. BrifT. orn. 93. n. 4. b. Lath. ind. orn. L 

 30. n. 67. y. 



Faucon haggard, Faucon bofTu. BufF; oif. i. 254. t. 16. PL enl. n. 471. — Haggard Falcon. "Will. 

 orn. angl. 80. Lath. fyn. i. 66. n. 49. b. 



This is an aged Common Falcon ; the neck is fhortened, and finks down between the fhouldersj 

 giving an appearance as if the back were hunched, from which circumftance the name is derived. 



ni S. White-headed Falcon. — 71. S. F. communis leucocephalus. 



The head, neck, and breaft, are white, with fmall brown fpots. BrifT. orn. 93. n. 4. c. 

 Lath. ind. orn. i. 30. n. 67. t. 



Rauh-fufs geyer, Gelbraurner geyer. Frifch, av. t. 75. — White-headed Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 66. 

 n. 49. c. 



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