BIRDSi RAPACIOUS. Falcons. 523 



%9° jS. New-york Merlin. — 117. jS. F. Aefalon noveboracenfu. 



The forehead is a(h coloured ; the crown, back, and wing coverts, chefnut ; on each 

 temple is a triangular white fpot, edged with black ; the tail is chefnut, with tranf- 

 verfe black bars, its under furface being varied with black and white. Lath. fyn. i. 



IO7.ll.93. A. 



Inhabits New York. — This variety is only nine inches long : In Mr Latham's Index ornotholog!- 

 cus, it is referred to the Domingo Merlin, and is fuppofed to be the female of the Carolina Merlin ; 

 Mr Pennant conliders it as nearly allied to, if not altogether the fame with, the Carolina Merlin ; 

 but in Mr Latham's Synopfis, and in the Syftema Naturae of Dr Gmelin, thefe are made three di- 

 ftincl: fpecies. 



&91 y. Caribbee Merlin. — 117. y. F. Aefalon caribaearum. 



Of a redd ifh colour above, and white beneath, with black fpots on both. 



F. Aefalon caribaearum. Lath. ind. orn. i. 49. n. 119. p. — Aefalon antillarum. Briff. orn. ni» 

 n. 24. Raj. av. 19. n. 3. — Efmerillon Gry-gry. Du Tertre, antil. ii. 253. — Caribbee Merlin- Lath> 

 fyn. i. 108. n. 93. b. 



Inhabits the Weft India Iflands. 



192 £. Falconers Merlin. — 117. $•. F. Aefalon falconariorum.^ 



Refembles the Hobby in its general habits and" appearance, but is more allied to the 

 Stone Falcon in other refpedls. 



F. Aefalon falconariorum. Lath. ind. orn. i. 49.. n. 119. y. — Efmerillon. PI. enl. n. 468. — Ef- 

 merillon des fauconniers. Buff. oif. i. 288. t. 19. — Falconers Merlin. Lath. fyn. i. 109. n. 93. c. 



This variety is not defcribed, nor are we informed where it is found, but only that it was formerly 

 employed in falconry; it probably inhabits the fame, countries with the Common or European variety. 



193 So. Carolina Merlin. — 118. Falco Sparverius, 20. 



The cere is yellow ; the head is brown, with a red crown ; the belly is red 5 the wings 

 are bluifh. 



F. Sparverius, maf. Lath. ind. orn. i.' 42: n. gg. — F. minor- rufefcens: Brown, jam. 471. — Aefa-- 

 lon carolinenfis. Briff. av. i. 386. t. 32. f. 1. — Efmerillon de la cayenne. Buff. oif. i. 291. PI. enl. 

 n. 444. — Little Hawk. Catefby, carol, i. t. 5. — Little Falcon, male. Arch zool. ii. 211. n. iiov 

 Lath. fyn. i. no. n. 94. 



Inhabits Virginia, Carolina, and St Domingo. — This fpecies is about the fize of the Common Mer- 

 lin, being eleven and a half inches long, and only three ounces and a half in weight : The bill and 

 hides are yellowifh ; the head is bluifh-afh ; the crown, upper part of the body, and wing coverts, 

 are orange brown, with tranfverfe black ftreaks ; the tail is reddifh brown with fmall black foots ; 

 the legs are yellow; — The head of the female is furrounded with feven black fpots. 



