Class II. 



LANNER. 



This species inhabits the north of Scotland, 

 and was in high esteem as a bold and spirited 

 bird in the days of falconry. It makes its nest 

 in rocks. 



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Falco Lanarius. F. cera lutea, The Lanner. Wll. orn. 82. 10. Lanner. 

 pedibus rostroque caeruleis, Arct. Zool. i. 260. 



corpore subtus macuhs nigris Lanarius. Rail syn. av. 15. 



longitudinalibus. Lath. Ind. Falco Lanarius. Gm. Lin. 276. 



ern. 38. id. Syn. i. 86. id. Sup. Faun. Suec. sp. 62. 



1. 21. Le Lanier. Hist, d'ois. i.243. 



JLlIIS species breeds in Ireland: the bird our 

 description is taken from, was caught in a decoy 

 i.n Lincolnshire, pursuing some wild ducks 

 under the nets, and communicated to us by 

 Taylor White Esq. under the name of the 

 Lanner.* 



It was less than the buzzard. The cere was 

 of a pale greenish blue ; the crown of the head of 

 a brown and yellow clay color : above each eye, 

 to the hind part of the head, passed a broad white 

 line, and beneath each, a black mark pointing 

 downwards: the throat white; the breast tinged 

 with dull yellow, and marked with brown spots 

 pointing downwards ; the thighs and vent spotted 

 in the same manner ; the back and coverts of the 



* The Lanner, though common in the northern parts of 

 Europe, is rarely met with in England. J. L. 



Descrip- 

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