£6 BIRDS. ACCIPITRES. 1. Falco. 



1L F. palumbaiius. Deep brown above, white with nu- 

 merous transverse black lines underneath ; cere yel- 

 lowish green: legs yellow: over the eyes a white 

 stripe: tail with 4 or 5 blackish bawls. 



Goshawk. Brit. Zool. t. 24. Lewin t. g. Wakot t. g. 



Length 22 inches or more. 

 Woods. Bill blue tipt with black: iris yellow: neck w-ith a 

 broken patch of white at the sides: vyings reaching very little 

 beyond the bafe of the tail : tail long, cinereous, with 4 or 5 

 dusky bands : legs feathered a little below the knees : claws black. 



12. F. gentilis. Brownish-grey, with longitudinal orown 

 spots : cere and legs yeliow : tail with 4 blackish 

 bands, tipt with white. 



Falcon gentil. Br. Zool. t. 21, 22. Lewin t. 11. Walcot L'li. 



Something larger than the laft. Bill lead-colour: iris yellow : 

 head pale ferruginous, with oblong darker fpots 1 bach brown : 

 quill-feathers dusky, with dark bars on-the outer web6, and white- 

 ones on the lower parts of the inner webs : wing-coverts and /capil- 

 lars brown with a ferruginous edge : all the parts underneath yel- 

 lowish-white, with oblong dusky fpots, which in the young bird 

 are transverfe : tail with alternate black and grey bands, tipt with 

 white : legs feathered a little belo the knees : claws black.- 



13. F. islandicus. Whitish with brown spots : cere and 

 legs blue. 



Jerfalcon. Br. Zool. t. ig. Lewin t. 16. Walcot t. 15. ... 



Length 2 feet ; extent 4 feet : weight about 3 pounds : North of 

 Scotland. Bill bluish tipt with black, (yellow Penrt.) iris blue: 

 whole plumage white, with dusky „fpots lines or bars : legs feathered 

 below the knees : claws blackish. 



14. F.peregrinus. Above bluish, beneath whitish .with 

 transverse blackish streaks : cere and legs yellow : 

 crown black : tail with brown bars, tipt with white. 



Peregrine Falcon. Br. Zool. t 20. Lewin t, 12. Donor, t. 53. 



Size of the Moor Buzzard : weight between 2 and 3 pounds. Bill 

 short strong, bluish tipt with black : *>*>" dusky : crown round the 

 fore-part and under the eyes black : quill-feathcrs dusky with white 

 tranfverfe fpots, inner-coverts with black and white bars : neck and 

 breast -with a few dusky lines pointing downwards : tail with feveral 

 alternate blue and blackish bars : legs feathered to the knees : claws 

 black. 



15. F. versicolor. Variegated above with white and red- 

 dish brown: rump whitish underneath: neck and 

 breast with ferruginous spots : quill and tail-feathers 

 brown, with deeper bands : cere and legs yellow. 



Spotted Falcon. Br. Zool. t. 26. Lewin t. 13. Wnlcot.t. 13. 



Size of the Buzzard. Bill blackish : iris yellow: crown and nape 

 whitish, with pale reddish-brown fpots : back and wings reddish- 

 brown, the feathers edged with white : belly white : middle tail' 

 , feathers with white and deep brown bands, jthc rest with light and 

 darker brown : legs feathered below the knees : claws black : 



13. F. tineracem. Head and uppers-parts dark brownish- 

 grey; underneath white, with ferruginous streaks: 

 cere and legs yellow : outer quill- feathers black ; tail 

 with ferruginous bars. 



Ash-coloured Falcon. Montague Ornitlu Diet. 1. 



Shot in Wiltshire. About the size of the Sparrow Hawk. Bill 

 black : iris yellow : feathers on the upper-parts darker at the tips ; 

 of thofe underneath with large ferruginous streaks down the mid- 



