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Carcanus his defcription differs in forae things from this of BeUonim, which we 

 (hall therefore fubjoyn. The Head of all Lanner s is wholly yellow, with a flat The Mead, 

 Crown. The. Eyes black and great: The Nofthrils for the mod part fmall: The ^ylT' 

 Beak (hortand thick, lefler than that of a Peregrine Falcon, and alio than that of a Nofthrils, 

 Mountain 5 of a blue colour 3 The Breaft yellow, fpotted with a few thin-fet ferru- ^\ 

 gineous (pots : The Back like a Peregrine Falcons : The ends of the Wings fpotted Eack. ' 

 ask were with round white Eyes. The Wings and Train long: The Legs fhort. The wi "g s > 

 Feet much lefler than a Peregrines, and blue of colour. In thofe that are mewed the £ef c . and 

 whole head is tinctured with yellow as far as the (boulders, but inclining to red, and Thedefcriptte 

 varied with certain (lender lines. The Back is blue, crofled with black lines and °£°[ chofe < 

 fome golden : The Breaft of a deep yellow and without any (pots. But the feathers mewed* 

 of the Thighs are varied with a few crofs lines. The feet in thefe, which were blue, 

 are changed into yellow. The Sores of this kind are very hardly diftinguifhed from 

 thole that are mewed. 



\t feems to be called Lanarius a laniando, i. e. from tearing. It is of a gentle nature, wh y calIed 

 of a docile and tradable difpolition (as Bellonius writes) very fit for all forts ofits*Naturt 

 Game, as well Waterfowl, as Land : For it catches not only Pies, guails, Partridge, and Game. 

 Crows, Pheafants,&.c. but alfo Ducks, yea, and Cranes too, being trained up thereto 

 by humane induftry. Allthisisto beunderftood of the French Lanner, for the Italian 

 defcribed by Carcanus isof no worth or ufe. Carcanus writes, that he could never fo 

 train them up, as to make them good for ought. 



The Lanner abides all the year in France, being feen there as well in Winter as in its place. 

 Summer, contrary to the manner of other Rapacious Birds* 



§. XIV. 



The Hoj^bj) Subhuteo, Aldrov. 



THe Bird we defcribed was a-;Female, and weighed nine ounces. The length its weight, 

 from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail was thirteen' Inches. The Len g c h» 

 breadth or diftance between the tips of the Wings extended two feet and eight Breadth, 

 Inches. From the tip of the Beak to the Nofthrils was fomething more than half an 

 Inch. The Beak like that of a Keftrel: The upper Mandible prominent, hooked, Eeak ' 

 femicircular 3 the Bafe covered with a yellow skin or Sear, the part next the skin 

 white 3 the reft of a dark blue. It hath alfo a tooth or Angle on each fide at the begin- 

 ning of the hooked part, which is received in a hollow dent or nick in the lower 

 Chap. The Tongue broad and a little cleft or divided. The Palate withinfide The Ton g ue « 

 black, and having a Cavity impreiled to receive the Tongue. The Nofthrils round : Nofthrils. 

 The Irides of the Eyes of a Hazel colour: The Eye-lids yellow. Eyes ' 



As for the colour of the Plumage; above each Eye pafled a line of a clay-colour, The colour of 

 [_ ex ruffb albicans. ] The feathers on the top of the head had their (hafts or middle the feachers - 

 part black, their borders of a deep Chefnut : Tho(e on the middle of the Neck again 

 were of a clay-colour, the back and Wings of a dark brown, or cinereous black 5 

 thole on the Rump and the lefler Pinion feathers being lighter, the greater Pinion 

 feathers, and thofe on the middle of the back darker. The, Chin and upper part of 

 the Throat were white, withadafh of yellow. *To this white were drawn from * This white 

 the head on each fide two lines 3 one from the aperture of the mouth, the other from of the 1^1" is 

 the hinder part or noddle. a charafteri- 



The lower part of the Belly was reddilh, the reft of the Belly and Breaft clothed f^ fl g r e d of 

 with feathers, fpotted with black in the middle, and having their edges white. The 

 Thighs red, fpotted with black, but the fpots lets than thofe on the Breaft. The num- The prime 

 bcr of prime feathers in each Wing twenty four, whereof the fecond the longeft. wing-fea- 

 The extreme oroutmoft had their tips black ; all of them their interiour webs varied c en ' 

 with tranfverfe clay-coloured (pots. The covert-feathers of the underfide of the 

 Wings were black, curioufly painted with round fpots of white diluted with 

 red. 



The Tail, as in all of this kind, confifted of twelve feathers, the middlemoft The Train. 

 whereof were the longeft, and the reft in order fhorterto the two outermoft, which 

 were the (horteft. The length of the middlemoft was about five Inches and an half, 

 thele were on both fides their fhaftsofone and the lame colour s the reft had 

 their interiour Vanes marked with tranfverfe reddilh (pots; the utmoft tips being 

 whitifli, 



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