Gybfalco. BIUDS. ACCIPITBES. 51 
14. G. candicans . — Plumage white, with dusky lines or spots. 
Gyrfalco, Will Orn. 44. Sibh. Scot. 14. Penn. Brit. Zoo\. 1. 177 — T. 
rusticolus andfuscus, Fab. Fauna Gr. — Falco Islandicus, Temm. Orn. 
1. 17. — IF, Hebog cliwyldro. — In Scotland rare; Aberdeen, Pennant; 
Orkney, Low. 
Length 1 foot 10 inches. Bill, cere, and feet yeUow, more or less tinged 
with blue. The dark spots on the wings are large. The throat and long 
thigh-feathers pure white ; the rest of the plumage below white, with narrow 
dusky stripes. The tail, consisting of 12 feathers, has dark bands, from 12 to 
14 in number, and is longer than the wings. The female has the dusky mark- 
ings larger and more numerous on the under side. Breeds in rocks, and lays 
from 3 to 5 spotted eggs of the size of a ptarmigan. The young birds have 
the ground of the plumage dusky, edged and spotted with white, with the 
cere and margin of the eye bluish F eeds on birds, darting down upon them 
lilfe an arrow — The Spotted Falcon of Pennant, Brit. Zool. i. 189., seems to 
be a young bird of this species. 
Gen. VIII. BALBUSARDUS, (Pandion of Samgny)^ 
Osprey. — Outer toe capable of having its position and 
motion reversed, and having a larger claw than the inner 
toe. 
15. B. HalicEtus . — Wings longer than the tail. Tarsi short, 
thick, and reticulated. 
Balbusardus, Will. Orn. 37. Sibb. Scot. 15. — Osprey, Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 
174 Falco Hah Temm. Orn. i. 47. — IF, Pysg Eryr, Gwalch y weilgi; 
G, lolair uisge. — Frequents the margins of large rivers and lakes. 
! Length 23, breadth 64 inches ; weight 62 ounces ; bill black, cere and legs 
j blue, irides yellow. The plumage above is brown ; the feathers on the head 
I edged with white ; hind head white. Below, it is white. Beneath the eye is 
I a band of brown, reaching almost to the shoulder. Quills, about 28 ; those 
I from the 17th to the base, pointed; inner webs of the four first abbreviated 
I at the extremity. Tail of 12 equal feathers ; the two middle ones dusky ; the 
j others barred with brown and white. Tibise long. Soles of the feet very 
I rough. Montagu states (Sup. Orn. Diet), that, “ on the inner side of the 
; extremity of the outer toe are two or three spines.” Breeds on the ground, 
j among reeds, or on trees. Eggs 3 or 4, white and elliptical. Young with the 
Ij feathers on the breast yellow, with dusky or brown spots. — ^Feeds on fish 
j| chiefly, darting upon them in the water. 
i| Gen. IX. MILVUS. KiTE.-=-Tarsi plated, short, 
j 16. M. vulgaris.- — Plumage, above, deep brown, with pale 
I edges ; beneath, ferruginous, with dark longitudinal stripes. 
Will. Orn. 41. Sibb. Scot. 15. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 185 — Falco milvus, 
!| Temm. Orn. i. 59 — IF", Barcud; G, Clamhan gabhlach, Croraanloch- 
j| aidh. — Wooded situations, but not common. 
Length 28, breadth 64 inches ; weight 44 ounces. Bill yellowish, with a 
dusky tip ; cere and irides yellow. The feathers on the head are light-coloured, 
with a dark streak on the shafts. Quills 24 ; inner webs of the first four, and 
j outer webs of the third and fourth, abbreviated ; black at the extremities. 
Two outer tail-feathers more produced, and darker than the others. The 
ij female hp the brown and pale edges of the feathers more distinct, the latter 
1 passing into white. Breeds in trees, making a nest of sticks, lined with v/ool. 
