Crass II. Lom WN oARME | R: 
has caufed the number of hawks to be multiplied 
far beyond the reality. The marks to be attended 
to as forming the characters of the fpecies, arte 
thofe on the quil feathers and the tail, which do 
not change. Another reafon for this needlefs in- 
creafe of the fpecies of this tribe of birds, is ow- 
ing to the names given to the fame kinds in differ- 
ent periods of aoe lives, by the writers on fal- 
conry, which ornithologiits have adopted and de- 
{cribed as diftinét kinds: even Mr. Ray has been 
obliged to copy them. ‘The falcon, the falcon 
gentil, and the haggard, are made diftin& fpecies, 
whereas they form only one: this is explained by 
a French author, who wrote in the beginning of 
the laft century, and effectually clears up this point; 
fpeaking of the falcon, he tells us, * S’il eft prins 
“en Fuin, Fuillet & Aouft, vous ie nommerez 
© Gentil: fi en Septembre, Odfobre, Novembre ou 
“< Decembre, vous le nommerez Pellerin ou Paffa- 
“ ger: sil eft prins en Fanvier, Feburier et Mars, 
“il fera nommé Antenere: et apres eftre mué une 
“‘ fois et avoir changé fon cerceau, non aupara- 
*¢ vant, vous le dires Hagens mot Hebriew, qui fig- 
“ nifie eftranger *.” 
* La fauconnerie de Charles d’ Arcuffia feigneur d’Efparron, 
p- 14. 5¢ edit. Paris 1607. 
Autour. 
