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49. GREY. 
DEscrRip. 
GREY FALCON. — CuassII. 
Grey Falcon. Br. Zoology, 65. O@avo I. 137. 
HIS kind was fhot near Halifax 1762, and 
the following account tranfmitted to us by 
Mr. Bolton, of Worly-clough. This bird was about 
the fize of araven: the bill was ftrong, hort, 
much hooked, and of a bluifh color: the cere, 
and edges of the eye-lids yellow: the irides red : 
the head was fmall, flatted at the top; the fore part 
of a deep brown; the hind part white: the fides 
of the head and throat were creme colored: the 
belly white, marked with oblong black fpots: the 
hind part of the neck, and the back were of a deep 
erey: the wings were very long, and when clofed 
reached beyond the train: the firft of the quil fea- 
thers were black, with a white tip; the others were 
of a bluifh grey, and their inner webs irregularly 
fpotted with white: the tail was long, and wedge ~ 
fhaped; the two middle feathers being the long- 
eft, were plain, (the color not mentioned) the reft 
fpotted: the legs were long, naked, and yellow. 
Gentil 
