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NATURAL HISTORY. 
birds, that monarch allowed a friend of Jef- 
fry Fitzpierre to export one hundred weight 
of cheefe; a very great privilege in thofe days. 
We learn further, from Madox’s antiquities, 
that the intereft of Richard I. was obtained by 
the prefent of one Norway hawk, in favour 
of John, the fon of Ordgar. 
rhe G Y R - F A L C O N. 
T HIS Ipecies of falcon, which exceeds 
all others, both in fiz,e and eligance, is nearly 
as large as an eagle.. The bill is hooked and 
yellow, and the plumage moftly white; the 
fcatlters of the back and wings have black 
fpots, ift the fhape of hearts: the thighs are 
clothed with long feathers, of the^purell 
whiter the legs are yellow, and feathered 
below the knees. This bird is fometimes 
found intirely white. It was ufed to fly at 
the noblefl game, fuch as cranes, herons, 
&c. 
In this fpecies ofbirds may be clafled, the 
peregrine falcon, facre, mountain, grey, wlxite, 
Tunis or Barbary falcons, and 
