ijS L A N N E R. ClafsII, 



firft of the quil feathers were black, with a white tip; 

 the others were of a bluilh grey, and their inner 

 webs irregularly fpotted with white : the tail was 

 long, and wedge fhaped •, the two middle feathers be- 

 ing the longeft, were plain, (the color not men- 

 tioned) the reft fpotted : the legs were long> naked, 

 and yellow, 



IX. The LANNER. 



The Lanner. Wil. orn. 82. Faico Lanarius. Lin.fyji. \ii^ 



Lanarius. Raiijyn. a'v. 15. Faun. Suec./p. 62. 



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*HIS fpecies breeds in Ireland: the bird our 

 defcription is taken from, was caught in a <^t- 

 coy \n Lincohijhire^ purfuing fome wild ducks under 

 the nets, and communicated to us by Taylor While 

 Efq; under the name of the Lanner. 

 Defer. It was lefs than the buzzard; The cere was of a 

 pale greenifh blue : the crown of the head of a brov/n 

 and yellow clay color : above each eye, to the hind 

 part of the head, paiTed a broad white line ; and be- 

 neath each, a black mark pointing down : the throat 

 white : the breaft tinged with dull yellow, and marked 

 with brown fpots pointing dov/nwards: the thighs 

 and vent fpotted in the feme manner : back and 

 coverts of the wings deep brown, edged with a paler : 

 .quil feathers duflcy : the inner webs marked with 

 oval ruft colored fpots : the tail was fpotted like the 

 wings. 



The legs (liort and ftrong, and of a bluiili cad, 

 which Mr. Willonghby fays, are the charaders of that 



bird. 



