73 
first genus may be distinguished two races : one room xl 
of them comprehending those birds namedNoble, nat. Hist. 
the greater portion of which were used in fal¬ 
conry, such as the peregrine falcon (including 
the supposed species named the starry^ the blue- 
bach falcon^ and the lanner of British writers), 
the hobbyy the merlin (including what is called 
the stone falcon)^ the kestril^ and the gerfalcon 
(of which the islandic 2 indi *iJdhite gerfalcons OlVq 
only varieties of plumage). Among the other 
species of this genus are the golden eagle (adult, 
and in that state of plumage in which it is called 
the ring-tailed eagle^ together with the chick in 
two states of growth), the cinereous sea eagle 
(the varieties of which have been distinguished 
as two species, named the white-tailed and com¬ 
mon or cinereous eagle)^ the goshawk (young of 
the second year, in which state only it appears 
to have been noticed in England), the honey- 
buzzard (in three different states), the rough¬ 
legged buzzard (of which the rough-leggedfalcon 
is only a variety), the ash-coloured and the com¬ 
mon or hen-harrier (the female of which is the 
ring-tail of authors). The species of the genus 
StrijCy the nocturnal birds of prey of this order, 
consist of the snowy owl^ or harfang^ the aluco 
owl, the white, the short-eared^ and the little owl^ 
or cheveche. 
y The second order Pici (Case 7, upper shelves) 
is composed of birds with climbing feet, with 
ambulatory, and (in the Linna3an phrase) with 
gressorial 
