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Rapaces — Diurn^e. 

 FALCONID^E. 



Genus Falco. ( Linnceus.J 

 Sub-genus Falco. (Bechstein.) 



SAKER FALCON. 



Falco sacer. 



Falco sacer, 

 Le sacre, 



u 



Falco lanarius, 



U (I 



Le sacre, 



Schlegel; Kevue, p. 2. 



Buffon; Nat. His. des Oiseaux, 



p. 21, pi. 14. 

 Temminck; Man., i, p. 20. 

 Pallas; Zoog., Ex. Syn. i, p. 330. 

 Natjmann; T. 23, f. 1. (fern. ad. 



mas jun.) 

 Gould ; Birds of Europe, pi. 20, 



(ad. et jun.) 

 Schlegel u Susemihl; Tab. 7, 



(ad. et jun.) 

 Schlegel et Veester; Traite de 



Fauconnerie, fig. ad. 



Specific Characters. — Moustache very narrow, hardly existing; 

 tail long; feet bluish; median toe shorter than tarsus; spots white, 

 ovoid and round on the tail. — Degland. 



Measurement. Male — Length one foot seven inches six lines. 

 Wings thirteen inches and a half. Tail eight inches. Middle 

 toe one inch eight lines. Female — Length one foot eight or nine 

 inches. Wings fourteen inches and a half. Tail eight inches 

 and three quarters. Middle toe one inch eleven lines to two 

 inches. — Teiiminck and Schlegel. 



