136 PEREGRINE FALCON. ClafsII. 

 VII. The PEREGRINE FALCON. 



Belona'v. 116. Sparviere pellegrino femmina. 



Falco peregrinus niger. JUr. Lorenzi a-u. tab. 24. 



a'v. I. 239. Le Faucon pelerin. BriJjGna<v. I. 



Blue backed falcon. C^<2r/. £';f. 73. 341. 

 DitCO. Br. ZooL tab. A *. 5. 



THIS fpecies was fhot in Ncrthamptonjkire, and 

 communicated to us by Mr. Grace, of Throg- 

 morion Street. 

 Defer. In fize it was eqqal to the moor-buzzard * the bill 

 flrong, ftort, and very much hooked, armed near 

 the end of the upper mandible with a very fharp 

 procefs : blue at the bafe, black at the point. 



The feathers on the forehead were whitifh : the 

 crown of the head black mixed with blue : the hind 

 part of the neck black : the back, fcapulars, and 

 covert of the wings, elegantly barred with deep blue 

 and black. The quil feathers duiky, marked with 

 elliptical white fpots placed tranfverfe : the tail barred 

 with numerous firokes of dufky and blue: the throat 

 white : the forepart of the neck, and upper part of the 

 breaft white (lightly tinged with yellow, the laft 

 marked with a few fmall dufky lines pointing down- 

 wards. The reft of the breaft, the belly, thighs and 

 vent feathers, white inclining to grey, and crofted 

 with dufky ftrokes pointed in their middle. The 

 tail confifts of feathers of equal length, finely and 

 frequently barred with blue and black. The legs 

 fhort and yellow. 



According to Signer Lorenzly this bird is the fe- 

 male 



