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O R D. I. GEN. I. FALCON. 



SPE. XV. LANNER FALCON. 

 PI. 15. 



Falco Lanarlus. Lin. Syji. I. p. 129. 

 Le Lanier. Brif. On. I. p. 2^^' 



This bird is lefs than the buzzard : the bill is blue : cere pale greenifh blue : 

 eyes yellow : upper parts of the body brown, with paler edges to the feathers : 

 crown of the head brown, mixed with yellowifh clay colour : over each eye a 

 broad white line, paffing to the hind part of the head, and beneath this a black 

 mark, pointing downwards: throat white: breaft and belly tinged with dull 

 yellow, and marked with brown fpots : quills and tail dull black, marked with 

 oval reddifh fpots on the inner webs : legs ftrong, Ihort, and of a pale blue 

 colour. 



This fpecies breeds in Ireland, and is common in France, but is rare in Eng- 

 land. One of thefe birds was caught in a decoy in Lincolnfliire, purfuing fome 

 wild ducks under the nets, and communicated to Mr. Pennant by Taylor 

 White, Efq. 



