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Rapacres — Diurnm. 
FALCONID 2. 
Genus—F arco. (Linneus.) 
Sub-genus—F arco. (Bechstein. ) 
LANNER FALCON. 
Falco Lanarius. 
Fulco Lanarius, ScHLEGEL; Revue, 1844, p. 2. 
cc cc Klein Oido Avium, p. 48, No. 5. 
Le Lanier, Beton; p. 123. Burron; Nat. 
Hist. des Ois., 1, p. 243. 
Falco Feldeggii, ScHLEGEL; Zoologie. ScHLEGEL 
AND SUSEMIHL. 
Le Lanier, ScHLEGEL ET VeRsTER; Traité de 
Fauconnerie, fem. adult. 
Specific Characters—Moustache narrow; tail long; toes short, 
the median shorter than the tarsus. Plumage like that of the 
Peregrine Falcon, with the nape of the neck a reddish brown. 
—DeEGLaND. 
Measurement. Male—Length fourteen inches. Length of 
wing twelve inches and a quarter. Length of tail six inches 
ten lines. Middle toe one inch eight lines. Female—Length 
fifteen inches. Length of wing twelve inches and three-quarters. 
Length of tail seven inches ten lines. Middle toe one inch 
nine lines. 
THERE is no Falcon about which so much confusion 
has existed as the celebrated Lanner of Falconry. ‘he 
