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Rap aces — Diurn^e. 

 FALCONIDJE. 



Genus Falco. ( Linnaeus. J 

 Sub-genus Falco. ( Bechstein.J 



LANNER FALCON. 



Falco lanarius. 



Falco lanarius, Schlegel; Revue, 1844, p. 2. 



" " Klein Ordo Avium, p. 48, ISTo. 5. 



Le Lanier, Belon; p. 123. Buefon; Nat. 



Hist, des Ois., i, p. 243. 

 Falco feldeggii, Schlegel; Zoologie. Schlegel 



AND SUSEMIHL. 



Le Lanier, Schlegel et Vekster; Traite de 



Faucoimerie, fern, adult. 



Specific Characters. — Moustache narrow; tail long; toes short, 

 the medium shorter than the tarsus. Plumage like that of the 

 Peregrine Falcon, with the nape of the neck a reddish brown. 

 — Degland. 



Measurement. Male — Length fourteen inches. Length of 

 wing twelve inches and a quarter. Length of tail six inches 

 ten lines. Middle toe one inch eight lines. Female — Length 

 fifteen inches. Length of wing twelve inches and three quarters. 

 Length of tail seven inches ten lines. Middle toe one inch 

 nine lines. 



There is no Falcon about which, so much confusion 

 has existed as the celebrated Lanner of Falconry. The 



