Book u.di^^ir ho Logr. 79 



Throat as far as the breaft-bone is fomewhat whitilh, befprinkled with good great the Throat* 



fpots. The reft of the Breaft is beautified with certain marks, which are fomettmes Breaf1, 



ferrugineous, fometiraes red, fometimes blackifh, and befides thefe with other fmal- 



ler fpecks. In fomethe Throat and Breaft are cloathed with black feathers 3 the in- Its Colour, 



fide of the Thighs black : The Back and Loins covered for the moft part with (mail 



brown feathers : Some of which below the middle of the back have certain whitifh 



or reddifh lines tending downwards. Others have their Backs purely afoVcolourecl, or 



of the colour of that fort of Wild Goofe, which the Vicentims call Baletta : The 



Wings not long like a Peregrines : The Tail alfo fhorter than theirs, and for the grea- Win g*« 



ter part variegated like that of a Kejirel. There are fome whofe Tail is like that of a Tai1, 



Sacre, but they are very rare. T hey have for the moft part their Legs and Feet of a Legs, and 



Saffron colour 5 but fome of a ftraw colour 3 and covered with very thick-fet Scales. Feec ' 



Their Feet are leffer than the Peregrines : Their Toes great and fleftiy : Their Talons 



black. It is eafier to know them after they are mewed. Their Head ia black like a Tc ? coIours ' 



Crows, their Nofthrils covered with a Saffron-coloured skin 5 the Eyes alfo encom- mewed * 



palled with a Circle of like colour : Their Neck and Shoulders black 5 the lower part 



of the Back toward the Rump blue. The Throat as far as the Breaft-bone white 3 but 



in fome it (hews an obfeure red 3 in others it is blackifh, in all marked with round 



fpots. The Train fhort and black : The feathers inverting the Thighs brown. The 



Legs ftrong. It is to be obferved, that by how much the oftner they have mewed 



their feathers, by fo much is their Throat [_Gula~\ whiter, andits fpots fmaller, and 



the feathers covering their Back and Loins of a deeper blue. 



Tardivus writes, that it preys only upon great birds, neglefting the fmaller $ that rKcond - - 

 it is very ravenous, mordacious, and of an indocile nature. Mdrovandus defcribes andGame, " 5 * 

 a bird of this fort that was brought to him, in thefe words. It was eighteen Inches Aidravmds 

 long : The Head great, the Crown gently towring up round ; The Beak thick,fhort, Scat "" 

 black, ftrong 5 of an Inch thicknefs, the point of the hooked part not very (harp, Beak,' 

 but it ftrong 5 fo that I doubt whether any other Falcon hath a ftronger, thicker, and 

 more ftrongly made and compa&ed Beak than this. The Nares are compared with a Nares, 

 yellow membrane, The Irk of the Eye of a deep black. The edges of the Eye- E y es - 

 lids encircling the Eyes yellow. The whole body in general is of one colour, viz. a CoIour 3 

 cinereous tending to blue, lighter or darker, according to the different expofing of the 

 parts to the light. The Neck, Breaft, Belly, and Back, and confequently the whole Figureof the 

 body is very grofs, thick, round, and plump. The Breaft very round and great: bod y- 

 The beginning of the Wings above broad, and lefs (harp than mother Falcons -, their 

 tips reaching to about the middle of their Trains, or a little further. The Train of 

 a middle fize, between long and fhort. Their Legs and Feet in refped of their bo- 

 dies not very large or thick, covered with Saffron-coloured board-like Scales. Their 

 Talons deep-black. 



§. V. 



* The Falcon Gentle. 



WHereas I find that fome doubt, whether the * Gentile Falcon be a diftinct * or FdiS 

 kind from the Peregrine or no: And whereas the Emperour Fredericidi- Gmle - 

 ftmguifhes Gentile Falcons into thofe abfolutely and (imply fo called, and Peregrines-, 

 omitting that prolix defcription of a Gentile Falcon, which Aldrovandm brings out 

 of Fredericks I fhall only propound the marks whereby this is faid to differ from the 

 Peregrine. 



Gentile Falcons are lefs than Peregrines, have a rounder and leffer Head 3 a fhorter Howthe Fa ^ 

 Beak 5 and Feet alfo for the proportion of the body fmaller. Befides,the colour is lefs 2Som 

 bright, lively, and fair in thefe than in thofe. When they have mewed their firft the Peregrine 

 feathers, they become very like the Peregrines, but more fpotted in their Trains and 

 Backs. 



Belifarim makes the only difference between the Gentile md. Peregrine Falcon to 

 be in their manner or gefture in flying: For the frequent agitation of the-Wingsin 

 nyinglhews the Hawk to be a Gentile Falcon: The motion of the Peregrines Wings 

 being hkethat of the Oars of Gallies. Moreover, tfiey differ from Peregrines in this, 

 thattheyarenotfoiwift. Thcdefcrip^ 



Aldrovandm thinks, that the Falcon which Carcanus calls the Dutch or German Fah m of the 

 cm is the fame with this : The which he thus defcribes. The Vmk Falcons are almoft S™ FaI * 



all 



