506 BIRDS, RAPACIOUS. Falcons. 



Inhabits Barbary.-~-Is about feventeen inches long, and refembles the Lanner both in lize and co- 

 lour ; Dr Gmelin and Mr Latham fufpedT: this may only be a variety of the Peregrine Falcon : The 

 bill is black ; the irides are yellow ; the wings are very flightly, if at all, fpotted ; the breaft is yel- 

 lowiili white, verging towards blue ; the belly is marked with oblong black fpots ; the tail has feven 

 brown bars. 



I2 4 29. Peregrine Falcon. — 74. Falco peregrinus. 88. 



The cere and legs are yellow; the body is am coloured above, with brown bars, the 

 under parts being dull reddifli white with blackilh lines; the tail is dotted with white. 



F. peregrinus. Raj. ay. 13. n. 1. BrifT. orn. 98. n. 6. Lath. ind. orn. i. 33. n. 72. Ger. orn. i._ 

 55, t. 23. 24. — Faucon pelerin. Buff. oif. i. 249. t. 16. PI. enl. 430. — Peregrine Falcon. Brit, 

 zool. i. n. 48. t. 20. Ardt. zool. ii. 202. n. 97. Lewin, brit. b. i. t. 12. Lath. fyn. i. 73. n. 52; . 

 fup. 18. Will. orn. 76. t. 8, 



125. jg. Tartarian Peregrine Falcon. — 74, jS. F. peregrinus tartaricus. 



The wings are rufous ; the toes are remarkably long. 



F. tartarius. BruT. orn. 100. n. 6. b. Lath. ind. orn. i. 33. n. 72. /3.^ — Faucon de Tartarie, ou 

 de Barbarie. Bellon, oif. 116. — Tartarian Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 73. n. 52. a. 



Inhabits Europe and the north of Alia and America. — This fpecies-is migratory, audit is fufpetted, 

 by Dr Gmelin, that it may only differ from the Gentil Falcon, already defcribed, in con^'jence of 

 being of a different age. To the above two varieties of the Peregrine, Mr Latham adds a third, Ind. 

 orn. i. 33. n. 72. y. which feems to be the fame already defcribed as a variety of the Common Fal- 

 con, under the name of Spot-winged, F. N°. 114. efpecially as the fame fynonimes are referred to in 

 both cafes. 



126 30. Variegated Falcon. — 75. Falco verjicolor. 89. 



The cere is yellow ; the head and upper parts of the body are white, with light reddifh- 

 brown fpots ; the under parts are white, the breaft being marked with a few rufty 

 fpots. 

 F. verficolor. Lath. ind. orn. 1. 33. n. 73. — Spotted Falcon. Brit., zool. n. 55. t. 26. Lewin, 



brit. b. i. t. 13. Lath. fyn. i. 74. n. 53. 



Inhabits England. — Is about the fize of the Common Buzzard : The bill is black ; the wings are 

 dufky, and barred with- alh colour ; the outer tail quills are barred with lighter and darker brown, 

 the middle quills with white and deep brown ;. the rump is white ;- the legs are yellow and very 

 ftrong. 



127 31. Booted Falcon. — 76. Falco pennatus. 90. 



The cere and legs, which are feathered to the toes, are yellow ; the body is blackim 

 brown above, varied with dirty grey ; the under parts are yellowifh brown, with 

 blackifh longitudinal ftreaks. 



F. pennatus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 19. n. 34. — F. pedibus pennatis. Briff. orn. 120. — Faucon Pata. 

 BruT. orn. 4to. vi. app. %%, t. 1. — Booted Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 75. n. $5. 



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