JERFALCON. 



Falco Gyrfalco. J^. fuscus, subalbido mriatus, subtus atbidui 



maculisfuscis, caudafasciis nurnerosis fuscis. 

 Brown Falcon with whitish variegatioiiis, beneath white with 



brown spots, and tail with ntimerous brown bars, 

 Falco Gyrfalco. F. cera cmrulea, pedibus luteis, corpore fusco^ 



subtus fasciis cinereis, caudce lateribus albis. Lin, Si/st,i Nat„ 

 Iceland Falcon. Gent, magaz. vol. 41. p, 297. 

 Le Gerfault. Bu^, ois. 

 Brown Jerfalcon. Lath, synops. 

 Jerfault dlslande. Planches Enluminees 210. 

 Jerfault de Norvege. Planches Enluminees 462. 

 White Jerfalcon. Penn, Brit. ZooL 

 White Jerfalcon. Lath, synops . 

 Falco candicans. Lin, Syst. Nat, Gmel. 

 Le Gerfault. Briss. ois. 1. p. 370. t, 30. f. 2. 

 Gerfault blanc du pays du Nord. Planches Enluminees 44&, . 



This species, by the almost unanimous consent 

 of authors, stands at the head of the Falcons pro- 

 perly so called, and is considered as the boldest and 

 most beautiful of the tribe. It is a native of the 

 northern regions, and is found in its greatest 

 perfection in Iceland. In size it equals, and per- 

 haps rather exceeds the Goshawk, which it resem- 

 bles in its shape, but has longer wings and shorter 

 legs in proportion. Its general colour is brown 

 above, in deeper and lighter variegations, and 

 whitish beneath, with brown longitudinal spots; 

 those on the neck and thighs, which latter are well 

 covered with long and large feathers, being in the 

 form of longitudinal streaks, and sometimes im 



