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JUDCOCK. 
are said to be brown above, white beneath, spotted with brown ; tail 
grey, with transverse brown lines, which nearly agrees with Temminck’s 
description of the bird in the first and second year. Mr. Pennant says 
the bill is yellow ; the whole plumage white, marked with ducky lines, 
spots, or bars ; the head, breast, and belly with narrow lines, ihinly scat- 
tered and pointing down ; the wings with large heart-shaped spots ; the 
legs pale blue, and feathered a little ‘below the knees. In the collection 
of Mr. Comyns is a bird which appears to be a variety of this species. 
It is white, with a few scattered spots of dusky black on the upper part 
of the body, and the head streaked the same ; the wings and tail black, 
the latter with a band of white at the end, and a little white at the 
base ; the quills slightly tipped with white, the secondary quills and 
under coverts elegantly barred with black and white. The wings were 
very short in proportion to the size of the bird, for if the primary quills 
had been closed, they would certainly not have reached near the end of 
the tail. 
This species of Falcon is very rare in England. It is known in the 
northern parts of Scotland, particularly the Orkney and Shetland isles, 
where it is said to be only a visitant. The Jer Falcon was held in esti- 
mation in the days of falconry, being a very bold bird, much used for 
the larger species of game, such as cranes and herons ; it takes its prey 
by out-soaring, and darting down upon them, which it does with 
amazing rapidity and force. It builds in high and inaccessible rocks, 
and lays, according to Fleming, from three to five spotted eggs, about 
the size of those of the ptarmigan. In the young bird the ground of 
the plumage is dusky, edged and spotted with white, with the cere and 
margin of the eye bluish. 
JONQUIL. — A name for the Canary Bird. 
JUDCOCK. — A name for the Jack Snipe. 
