FALCON. Ill 



abroad." Much more might be collected on this head, but as every 

 law of the kind is now useless and obsolete, we trust the above will 

 be thought sufficient. 



42.— GREATER BUZZARD. 



Falco Buteo, Ind. OrnA. p.24. 47. y. 



Circus major, Bris. i; p. 399, Id. 8vo. p. 114. 



Buteo galllnarius, Daud. ii. p. 155. var. A, Bechst. Deuts. ii. pr262. Temm. Man: 



Ed. ii. p. 56. 

 Milvus, sive Astur, Frisch.t.72. 

 Huhiier-habicht, Bechst. Must. p. 70. 17.- 

 Greater Buzzard, Gen. Syn. i. p. 49, 



THIS is 1 ft. 11 in. in length. Bill black; cere yellow; irides 

 saffron-colour; the plumage above brown, with rufous edges; be- 

 neath rufous, with oval brown spots, in some unspotted ; under tail 

 coverts rufous ; tail brown, crossed with broad bars of deeper brown ; 

 legs yellow, claws black. 



It is found in various parts of Europe, and according to M. 

 Bechstein, is no other than a two year's old bird of the Goshawk. 



43.— GENTIL FALCON, 



Faico gentilis, Ind. Orn. i. 29. Lin. i. 126. Faun. Suec. No. 58. Gm. Lin. i. 270. Rail 

 p. 13. J5r«.i. 339. /(/. 8vo. i. 98. Will.^.iQ. Klein, p. 48. S cop. \. 93. Kram. 

 328. JJfM//. No.6. £run.No.6. Gerin.\.t.29. Borowsk.\\.73. Bechst. Deuts. 

 ii. 273. Daud.n. \(i-2. 6'AattrV Zoo/, vii. p. 122, Tm.iV/an. <i'0)-». p. 50. Id. 

 Ed. ii. p. 56. 



Edler Falke, iVafar/. 8. s.50. 



Falco montamis, TJaij, p. 13, Will. 45. t. 5. 



Gentil Falcon, Gen. Syn.i. 64. Id. Sup. p. 17. Br. Zool.i. t.21. 22. Id. Ed. 1812. 

 222. pi. 21. 22. ^rc^ Zoo/. ii. No. 98. ^/J.ii. pi. 6. Will. Engl. 7t). Bewick, 

 i. p.30. i«i!jn. i. pi. 11. Walcot, i. t.ll. Fult. Bors.p.2. Orn. Diet. ^ Sup. 



THIS is somewhat larger than the Goshawk. Bill lead-colour; 

 cere and irides yellow ; head rust-colour, marked with oblong black 



