82 FALCON, 



Falco maculatus, Bris. i. 329. F. Id. 8vo. 95. Baud. ii. p. 95. D. & 98. B. 



Falco naevius, Gin. Lin. i 271. 



Spotted-winged Falcon, Gen. Syn. i. 68. Edit), pi. 3. 



This, if not the female, is the young bird of the Peregrine. 

 Size of the last ; bill and cere the same; irides obscure; plumage 

 above bro^vn ; on each side of the head a large black mark under 

 the eye, passing to the beginning of the neck ; beneath the 

 plumage is white, spotted with brown ; the spots largest on the 

 breast and belly ; wing coverts brownish, marked with round 

 white spots ; legs as in the other. 



A. — Falco tataricus, Bris. i. 341. Id. 8vo. 98. Gm. Lin. i, 272. Belon. Oit, p. UP. 

 Tartarian Falcon, Gen. Syn. i. 73. 



This differs in being a trifle larger, and having the wings 

 rufous above, and the toes longer in proportion. 



B. — Falco barbarus, Ind. Orn. i. 33. Lin. Syst. i. 125. Gm. Lin. i. 272. Brig. i. 



343. A. Id. 8vo. 99. Ger. 0/-n. i. t. 25, 26, 27 ." I>aMd. ii. 98. C. Shaw't 



Zool. vi. 129. 

 Falco tunetanus, Rati Syn. p. 14. Will. p. 47. Klein, p. 48. 

 Barbary Falcon, Gen. Syn. i. 72. Will. Eng. 81. Albin. 3. pi. 2. 



In size and colour this most resembles the Lanner ; length 

 17in. ; bill black; cere and irides yellow; plumage bluish ash- 

 colour, spotted with black ; few or no spots on the wings ; breast 

 yellowish white, Avith a blue tinge ; on the lower part of the belly 

 largish black spots ; quills black, with the outer edges white ; wings 

 nearly as long as the tail, which is crossed with seven brown bands. 



Inhabits Barbary. The Peregrine Falcon seems to be a 

 general inhabitant ; but we believe it to be less frequent in England 



