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ELEVENTH ROOM. 
This room is destined to contain the collection room xi 
of British Zoology. The distribution of the Birds Nat ^’ st 
is completed, which are arranged in cases round 
the room in the following order. 
Order L Accipitrine. (Accipitres.) Birds of 
prey. Cases 1 to 6. 
In the first family (FALCONiDiE) are contained 
those diurnal birds of prey, denominated Falco by 
Linne. Amopgst them may be distinguished two 
races: the first comprehends those birds named no¬ 
ble, the greater portion of which were used in Fal¬ 
conry; such as, 1. The Peregrine Falcon, including 
the supposed species named th e starry, the blue-black 
Falcon and the Lanner, of British writers. 2. The 
Hobby F. 3. The Merlin F. including what has 
been named the Stone Falcon. 4. The Kestril F. 
and 5. The Sacred Gerfalcon, of which the Is- 
landic and ivhite Gerfalcons are but varieties of plu¬ 
mage. The second race includes the ignoble, as 
1. The Golden Fugle adult, and that state of plu¬ 
mage in which it is called the fulvous or Ring-tailed 
Eagle , together with the Chick in two states of 
growth. 2. The Cinereous Seaeagle , the varie¬ 
ties of which have been distinguished as two spe- 
F cies, 
