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PEREGRINE FALCON. 
streaked with umber brown on the centre of each 
feather ; legs lemon yellow, with a tint of green. 
A variety in a state of change has the upper 
parts of a tint intermediate between yellowish 
brown and clove-brown. The tail, instead of 
being barred, has an irregular spot on each web 
of ochraceous, where the pale bands should be, 
and the longitudinal streaking of the lower parts 
is wood-brown, instead of the deep ruddy umber- 
brown seen generally in the young. * 
Of the next species we regret that our know- 
ledge is more imperfect, and that we must have 
recourse to the works of others to glean the 
information which has been recorded. 
* The name of Lanner was applied to a bird dearly 
resembling the young of the Peregrine, and from the 
alliance of the species seems also occasionally to have 
been given to the real young of this bird, and consequently 
has made confusion by leading some to believe that the 
true Lanner was a British bird. The true Falco lanarius of 
Linnmus, however, is scarcely authentically ascertained ; 
it seems to be a distinct but rare bird of southern Europe. 
Mr Gould has given a figure from specimens furnished to 
him by Mon. Temminck, and describes it as intermediate 
in form between the Jer Falcon and Peregrine. See Birds 
qf Europe. 
