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BRITISH BIRDS. 
THE LANNER. 
(. Falco LanariuS) Lin. — ~Le Lanier y Buff.) 
This bird is fomewhat lefs than the Buzzard: 
its bill is blue ; cere inclining to green ; eyes yel- 
low ; the feathers on the upper parts of the body 
are brown, with pale edges ; above each eye there 
is a white line, which runs towards the hind part 
of the head, and beneath it is a black ftreak point- 
ing downwards towards the neck ; the throat is 
white ; the breaft of a dull yellow, marked with 
brown fpots \ thighs and vent the fame ; the quill 
feathers are dufky, marked on the inner webs with 
cval fpots, of a ruft colour ; the tail is fpotted in 
the fame manner ; the legs are Ihort and Itrong, 
and of a blueilh colour. The Lanner is not com- 
mon in England ; it breeds in Ireland, and is found 
in various parts of Europe : It derives its name 
from its mode of tearing its prey into fmall pieces 
with its bilk 
