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notwithstanding the cold was so excessive, that on the 17th 
December, 1804, the thermometer stood at 45® below 0. 
Like the crow, this species may be easily domesticated, and 
in that state would afford amusement by its familiarity, frolics, 
and sagacity. But such noisy and mischievous pets, in com- 
mon with parrots and monkeys, are not held in high estima- 
tion in this quarter of the globe ; and are generally overlooked 
for those universal favourites, which either gratify the eye by 
the neatness or brilliancy of their plumage, or gladden the ear 
by the simplicity or variety of their song. 
GREAT-FOOTED HAWK— FALCO PEREGRINUS.* 
Plate LXXVI. Female. 
Falco peregi-inus, Gmel. Syst, i. p. 272, 88. Briss. i. p. 341, 6, and var. A. 
Ind. Orn. p. 33, No. 72. — Falco barbarus, Linn, Syst, ed. 10, tom. i. p. 88, 
No. 6. Gmel. Syst. i. p. 272, 8. Ind. Orn. p. 33, No. 71. — Falco bornotinus, 
Briss. i. p. 324, A. — Falco niger. Id. p. 327, E. — Falco maculatus. Id. p. 329, 
F. — Peregrine falcon. Lath. Syn. i. p. 73, No. 52. Id. Sup. p. 18. Penn, 
Brit. Zool. No. 48, pi. 20. Arct. Zool. No. 97. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. vii. 
p. 128. Montagu, Orn. Diet, and Supp. Low, Fauna Orcadensis,p, 150. — 
Common falcon. Lath. Syn. i. p. 65, No. 49, var. A. ; p. 67, var, E. ; p. 68, var. 
E. — Spotted bawk, or falcon, Edwards, i. p. 3. — Black bawk, or falcon. Id. pi. 4, 
botb from Hudson’s Bay. — Le lannier. Pi. Enl. 430; old male. — Le faucon noir 
et passager. Id. 469 ; young female ? Le faucon bors. Id. p. 470, yearly. — Faucon 
pterin, Tenim. Man. d' Orn. p. 22. Pealds Museum, No. 386 ; female. 
FALCO FFnEGniNVS.—Lm^mi%.\ 
Falco peregrinus, Bonap. Synop. p. 27. North. Zool. ii. p. 23. — ^Peregrine falcon, 
Selby, Illust. Br. Orn. pi. 15, p. 37. Flem. Br. Anim. p. 49. — Falco pere- 
grinus ? Aust. bu'ds in CoU. Linn. Soc. by Vig. and Horsf, vol. xv. p. 1 83. 
This noble bird had excited our curiosity for a long time. 
Every visit which we made to the coast, was rendered doubly 
* It is also a European species. 
f Among th.& Falconidce this bird will present that form best adapted for seizing 
the prey in an open manner by the exercise of their own organs. Noble and bear- 
