FALCON. 



11.3 



44.— C0M3I0N FALCON, 



Falco communis, Ivd. Orn. i. p. 30. Cm. Lin.\. 270. Brh. i. S2l. Id. 8vo. 92. 



Shau-S Zool. vli. p. 124. Fn. Arug. p. 6S. Baud. ii. p. 92. Frisch, t. 74. Nat. 



Misc. pi. 741. 

 Der-genieioe Falke, Natiirf. 8. s. 49. 

 Faucoii, Buf. i. 249. Voy. en Barb. i. 266. Cet. uc. Sard. p. 30. Voij. d'Azara, 



iii. No. 35. 

 Common Falcon J Gen, Syn.\. p. 65. 



LENGTH about 18 in. general colour of the plumage brown ; 

 the edges of the feathers rufous ; tail brown, bordered \ni\\ deeper 

 brown ; on each jaw a large brown mark ; forepart of the neck and 

 underpart of the body white, irregularly marked with brown ; legs 

 green or yellow, claws black. 



The above are the general markings of the male, or Tiercelet of 

 three years old. 



A. — Falco horuotinus, Bris. i. S24. A. Id. 8vo. p. 93. Gm. Lin. i. 270. Bvf. 1. 1. 15. 



pi. enl. 470. 

 Yearling Falcon, Gen. Sjn. i. p. C5. A. 



In the tirst year, the plumage is brown, or ash-coloured 

 above, dirty white Ijeneath, and much spotted ; the mark on the 

 jaw visible, but less distinct. 



In the second year the colours become deeper, and better 

 defined, tlie under parts whiter, and the markings more distinct, till 

 arrived at the third year's moult, after which it remains the same 

 till old age. 



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