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merlin (including what is called the stone falcon), 
the kestril , and the gerfalcon (of which the is - 
landic and white gerfalcons are 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 
havebeen distinguished as two species,named the 
1 white-tailed and common , or cinereous eagle), the 
goshawk (young of the second year, in which 
state only it appears to have been noticed in Eng¬ 
land), the honey buzard (in three different states), 
the rough-legged buzard (of which the rough¬ 
legged falcon is only a variety), the ash coloured, 
and the common or hen harrier (the female of 
which is the ring-tail of authors). The species 
of the genus Stria:, 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. 
The second order Pici (Case 7, upper shelves), 
is composed of birds with climbing feet with 
ambulatory and (in the Linnean phrase) with 
gressorial or stepping feet: of the first division are 
the wood-peckers , and the wry-neck ; in the se„ 
cond we have the nut-hatch (partaking of the ge¬ 
neral character of the wood-peckers and the tit¬ 
mice ), the hoopoo , and the creeper ; in the third 
the bee eater (a specimen of which was lately kill¬ 
ed in Devonshire) and the king's-fisher . 
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Nat. Hist. 
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