5o8 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Falcons. 



Inhabits Europe and Tartary. — In Tartary this fpecies is employed in hunting, being more parti- 

 cularly flown at the White Heron ; it is remarkably hardy in bearing cold. The feet are feathered 

 to the toes. 



132 /3. American Sacre. — 79. (8. F. facer americanus. 



The back, wing quills, and tail quills, are brown, with paler bars ; the hind part of the 

 head is mottled with white; the whole under fide of the body is white, each feather 

 having a dulky fpot in the middle. 



F. facer americanus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 34. n. 75. /3. — Speckled partridge hawk, from hudfon's 

 bay. Forfter, phil. tranf. lxii. 382. — Sacre. Ardl. zool. ii. 202. n. 96. — American Sacre. Lath. fyn.. 

 i. 78. n. 59. a. fup. 20. 



Inhabits Hudfon's Bay and other parts of North America. — "Weighs two pounds and a half, and 

 meafures two feet long : It preys much on the White Groufe. The female lays two eggs, in defert 

 places, in April or May, and the young are able to fly about the middle of June. The head is dufky 

 brown, with a dufky bill, which is toothed on the upper mandible ; the back is dufky brown ; the 

 fcapulars, coverts, and primary wing quills are deep brown, elegantly barred tranfverfely with white J, 

 the thighs are covered with very long brown feathers, fpotted with white ; the for£ parts of the legs- 

 are feathered almoft to the feet ; the cere and legs are bluifh... 



133 35. Newfoundland Falcon. — 80. Falco novae-terrae. 94. 



The cere and legs are yellow ; the hind head is rufly ; the body is brown above, and. 

 rufty, with deeper blotches, below ; the tail is croiTed with four bars of lighter and 

 deeper brown. 



F. Novae-terrae. Lath. ind. orn. i. 34. n. 76.— Newfoundland Falcon. Arc!:, zool. ii. 201. n, 

 95. Lath. fyn. i. 79. n. 60. 



Inhabits Newfoundland. — Is twenty inches long ; the irides are deep yellow ; the crown, back }J 

 fcapulars, and wing coverts are brown, edged with paler ; the thighs are mottled afli, with round 

 dufky fpots, and having four large dark blotches near the knees ; the legs are ftrong and feathered: 

 half way down to the feet. 



134 36. Starry Falcon. — 81. Falco Jleilaris-. 95. 



The legs are blue; the upper part of the body is blackifh, with ftar like fpots ; the un- 

 der parts are varied with black and white. 



F. ftellaris. Briff! orn. 103. n. 11. Lath. ind. orn. i. 35. n. 77. — F, cyanopus. Klein, av. 52. n~ 

 18. — Blue-footed Falcon. Will. orn. 82. § it. — Starry Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 79. n. 61. 



Inhabits Europe. — Refembles the Peregrine Falcon in fizs and general appearance, but the wings 

 are ihorter, and the tail is longer; the irides are golden yellow; the eggs are of a light reddHh, with, 

 lighter fpots. 

 j,.. 37. Northern Falcon. — Falco by emails . 



The cere and legs are yellow; the head and upper parts of the body are deep brown ; 



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