FaLCO. 
BIRDS. ACCIPITRES. 4D 
** Concha of the ear extending only to about one-^half of the side of 
the head. Disc of feathers round the eye less perfect thoM in the 
preceding group. 
•j* Head with horns* 
Bubo. 
Scops. 
•ff Head without horns. 
Strix. 
I. DIURNAL RAPACIOUS BIRDS. 
Gen. VI. FALCO. Falcon. — Bill, with the margin of the 
upper mandible furnished with a sharp tooth, near the ex- 
tremity, the lower with a notch for its reception. 
a. With Mustaches^ or a hlaclc stripe., extending from the 
base of the bill, under the eye, along the cheehs, and a 
short way on the side qf the nech. 
10. F. peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. — "Wings reaching the 
length of the tail. 
Will. Orn. 43 — F. sacer, Sihb. Scot. 14. — Peregrine F., Penn. 1. 178.— 
Grey F., ib. 180 — ^F. per. Tern. Orn. L 22. — W, Hebog trainor.— In 
rocky districts not uncommon. 
Length 16|, breadth 37 inches. Bill blue ; margin of the eye, cere, irides, 
and legs, yellow. Plumage, above, blackish-grey, darkest on the head, lightest 
on the rump ; with obscure black bars. Throat, neck, and breast, white ; the 
rest below white, with black bars ; a few longitudinal spots of black on the 
breast. Middle toe as long as the tarsus. Quills dusky ; inner web of the 
first abbreviated near the end. Tail-feathers 12, slightly tipt with yeUowish- 
white. Female larger, the white beneath, tinged with red. Nest on rocks ; 
eggs 3 or 4, reddish, with brown spots. Young birds have the plumage, above, 
inclining to cinereous? the feathers with a ferruginous border. Beneath, 
t| white, with longitudinal spots. Crown, neck, and cheeks, yeUowish-white. 
ll Blackish patch under the eye. This species, long celebrated for its docility 
and activity in the chase, has been multiplied mt(f numerous species, viz. F. 
leueocephalus, fuscus, communis, and niger. Feeds on the wild Gallinse, chiefly, 
and even makes havock in the poultry-yard. 
11. F. lanarius. Lanner.-— Wifigs reaching only two-thirds 
i the length of the tail. 
I Will Orn. 48. Linn. Syst. i. 129. Penn. Britv Zool, i. 182. tab. xxii. 
' Tern. Orn. i. 20.— IF, Hebog gwlanog — Breeds in Ireland. Caught 
I in a duck decoy, Lincolnshire. — Pennant. 
: Length 1 foot 7 inches. Margin of the eye, irides, and cere, yellow ; bill 
li and legs bluish. Crown red, with oblong brown spots. Above each eye, to 
j the hind part of the head, a broad white line ? and beneath each a blackish mark, 
pointing downwards : the last nearly disappearing with age. Plumage, above^ 
brown with reddish margins ; beloAv, white, with longitudinal brown spots, 
; except the under tail covers and throat. Middle toe shorter than the tarsus. 
S Inner webs of the two first quills abbreviated. In the female the head is dark 
brown, and the throat and under tail-covers have narrow streaks. 
12. F. Subbuteo. Hobby. — Wings reaching beyond the tail. 
I Will. Om. 48. Penn. Brit. Zool. i 197. Tern. Orn. i. 25. — W, Hebog 
yr Hedydd — A summer visitant. 
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