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PEREGRINE FALCON. Class II. 



This is the Gyrfalco of all the ornithologists 

 except Linndws, whose bird we are totally un- 

 acquainted with : though he gives several of 

 their synonyms, his description differs entirely 

 from each of them. It inhabits the north of Scot- 

 land; our specimen was shot near Aberdeen. 



" Iceland is supposed to furnish the most ge- 

 nerous breed of this species, and the kingof Dew- 

 mark sends there annually for all that can be 

 procured-; they are also in great request at 

 Vienna. Those of a white color are most esteem- 

 ed." J. L. 





7. Pere- 

 grine. 



tion. 



Falco peregrinus. F.cerapedibus- 

 que luteis, corpore nigricante 

 transversim striato,supra cseru- 

 lescente, subtus albido, rectri- 

 cibus fasciatis apicibus albidis. 

 Lath. Ind. orn. 33. id. Syn. i. 

 73. id. Sup. i. 18. Gm. Lin. 

 272. 



Belon av. 11 6. 



Falco peregrinus niger. Aldr. av. 

 i. 239. 



Blue backed falcon. Charl. 



Ex. 73. 

 Sparviere pellegrino femmina. 



Lorenzi av. Tah. 24. 

 I.e Faucon pelerin. Brisson 



av. i. 341. Hist, d'ois. i. 



249. 

 Peregrine Falcon. Br. Zool. 



Tah. A*. 5. Arct. Zool. i. 



236. 



DE j^ RIp - IN size equal to the moor-buzzard. The bill 

 is strong, short, and very much hooked, armed 

 near the end of the upper mandible with a very 

 sharp process ; blue at the base, black at the 

 point : the irides dusky. 



