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ORD. I. GEN. I. FALCON. 



SPE. XVII. GREY FALCON. 

 PI. 17. 



Falco Grifeus. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 37. No. 86. 



This bird is about the fize of a raven, but of a (lender form. The bill is 

 fhort, ftrong, and blueilh: cere yellow: eyes red: eyelids yellow: the head 

 fmall, flat, and brown on the top; back of the head white, fides and throat pale 

 yellow: belly yellowifh white, marked with oblong black fpots : the hind part of 

 the neck and back of a deep grey colour : the wings are very long, reaching 

 beyond the end of the tail : quills fpotted with white : the tail is long, wedge 

 fliaped, and fpotted, except the two middle feathers, which are plain : the legs 

 are long, naked, and yellow. 



This bird was Ihot near Halifax in Yorkftiire, and the figure and defcription 

 were communicated by Mr. Bolton. 



