falco mku&tt. 
MERLIN. 
Cere and legs yellow ; head ferruginous ; 
body above blueish-ash, with rusty spots and 
stripes; beneath yellowish-white, with ob- 
long spots. 
Falco iEsalon, Gmelin. 
L'Emerillon, Buffon. 
Merlin, Pen. Lath. Shaw, Mont. Bew. 
FALCO LITHOFALCO. 
STONE FALCON. 
Cere yellow; body above cinereous, be- 
neath reddish, with longitudinal brown spots; 
tail cinereous, growing black towards the 
tip, and terminated with white. 
Falco Lithofalco, Gmelin. 
Le Rochier, Buffon. 
Stone Falcon, Will. Lath. Shaw, &c. 
The Merlin and the Stone Falcon have 
been described by authors as distinct species ; 
but it will be found by a comparison of the 
description of the specimen of the Stone 
