FALCON. 85 



Iceland and the Ferroe Islands, Denmark, and Sweden, freqnent 

 in the Tartarian desarts, and the Baraba, though not in the northern 

 or eastern parts of Siberia ;* well known about Astrachan, building- 

 am ong the shrubs and low trees. Used by the Calmucs in falconry ;t 

 is for the most part migratory, but is said to stay in France the 

 whole year.J 



A.— Lanarius albicans, Ind. Orn. i. .38. Bris. i. 367. Id. 8vo. 107. Aldrov. i. 380. 



t. p. 181, 183.§ Gm. Lin. i. 276. Daud. ii. 174. 

 White Lanner, Gen. Syn, i. p. 87 



Two varieties of this are mentioned by Aldrovandus, the first 

 19^ in. long; bill black; cere, irides, and legs, yellow; general 

 colour of the plumage brownish ; quills and tail nearly black ; under 

 the tail pale grey. 



The second more than 2 ft. in length ; head and back brown, 

 mixed ^vith grey ; rump whitish ; wing coverts and breast grey ; 

 under parts grey, marked with longitudinal ferruginous spots ; the 

 two outer tail feathers white, spotted with pale ferruginous ; the 

 fourth on each sid« spotted with black, the two middle ones grey. 



The Lanner is thought by some to be a variety, or young bird, 

 of the Peregrine Falcon . 



B. — Abyssinian White-breastQd- Lanner, Stth.Abt/ss. pi. id\]^. 



Size of common falcon ; beak and feet bluisli ; general colour 

 deep brown, approaching to black ; the whole of the breast clear 

 white. 



Inhabits Abyssinia ; called by the natives Goodie-goodie. They 



* Mr. Pennant. 



t Decouv. Russ. iii. 303. 



J Hist, de Lyons, i. p. 200. 



§ These figures do not seem accurate. 



