BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Falcons. 



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Dr Gmelin remarks in this place that this and the three fpecies immediately preceding, N°. 15^. 

 '^56. 1 5 7. are very ftrohgly connected together ; they are confidered, in fome meafure, as varieties 

 of the fame fpecies by fome authors, particuh.rly by Mr Latham, who gives the general name of Ring- 

 tail' to them all. — T. 



^59 5S. Stone Falcon. — 9S. Falco Lithofalco. 105. 



The cere is yellow ; the body is afh coloured on the upper, and redJilh, with longitu- 

 dinal brown fpots, on the lower parts ; the tail is afh coloured, blackilh towards the 

 tip, and terminated with white. 



F. Lithofalco. Lath. ind. orn. i. 47. n. 115. — Lithofalco. Briff. orn. 101. n. 8. — Lithofalco, f. 

 Dendrofalco. Raj. av. 18. n. 8. — Rochier. Buff. oif. i. 286. PI. enl. 447. — Stone Falcon, or Tree 

 Falcon. Will. Orn. 80. Lath. fyn. i. 93. n. 77. 



Inhabits Europe. —Is about the fize of the Common Keftril, being very little more than a foot 

 long ; the bill is bluifh aih ; the hides are yellow ; the two middle tail quills are uniformly afh co- 

 loured, but the reft are barred with black. 



360 59. Mountain Falcon. — 99. Falco montanus. 106. 



The legs are yellow j the upper part of the body is a brown afh colour ; the chin and 

 throat are fpotted with whitifn ; the tail is afh coloured at the bafe, blackifh in the 

 middle, and white at the tip. 



F. montanus. Raj. av. 13. n. 4. Briff. orn. 101. n. 9. Klein, av. 52. n. 10. Lath. ind. orn. i. 

 48. n. 116. — Mountain Falcon. Will. orn. 78. Lath. fyn. i. 93. n. 78. 



161 |3. Afh-coloured Mountain Falcon. — 99. /3. F. montanus c'mereus. 



The body is alh coloured above, and pure white beneath ; the two outer tail quills are 

 white. Lath. ind. orn. i. 48. n. 116. p. Briff. orn. 102. n. 9. a. 

 F. montanus fecundus. Will. orn. t. 9. — Afh-coloured Mountain Falcon. Lath. fyn. i. 94. n. 



78. A. 



Inhabits Europe.— This fpecies is a little fmaller than the Peregrine Falcon, and is fufpected by Dr 

 Gmelin to be only a variety of the Tree Falcon. The fpots on the neck are fometimes rufty, and 

 fometimes black, and fometimes the neck and breaft are entirely black ; in the full grown adult the 

 head is black. The Afh-coloured variety meafures one foot nine inches long ; its bill and claws are 

 black ; the hides are yellow ; the under parts of the body are pure white*, 



i52 60. Common Keftril. — 100. Falco Tinnunculus . 16. 



The cere and legs are yellow ; the back and wings are purplifh red, dotted with black j 

 the breaft is ftreaked with brown; the tail is rounded. Scopol. an. i. r<5. 



F. Tinnunculus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 41. n. 98. — Tinnunculus, Cenchris. Gefn. av. 54. Aldr. orn. 

 i. 356. t. p. 358. 359. Raj. av. 16. n. 16. Briff. av. i. 393. n. 27. — Crefferelle. Buff, oif. i. 28,0. 

 t. 18. PL enl. n. 401. 471.— Gheppio. Cetti, uc. fard. 47. Zinnan. uov. 88. t. 15. f. 78. — Rother 



falk, 



