Place.
EARBARY
F.
D escription.
Thefe, as well as feveral other fpecies of Falcons, inhabit
Iceland*. The King of Denmark is faid to fend there annually, to
buy all up that can be procured; and for that purpofe has efta-
blifhed a Falcon houfe at Bejfefted,. to which the Icelanders bring
them as foon as taken. The white ones are in moft efteem:
they allow fifteen rixdollars f for one of thefe j ten, for one that
is nearly white ; and for the fort lafl defcribed, only feven; with
a prefent befides, to each Falcon-catcher, by way of encouragement.
I fuppofe that thefe Falcons are very docile, as they catch
them in nets, at any fize or age. On the contrary, many of the
forts ufed in falconry are obliged to be taught very young, or
they never will be under command.
Falco barbarus, Lin. f f . i. p. 12 -. N° 8.
Le Faucon de Earbarie, Hr if. orn. i. p. 343. 6. A.
Falco tundtanus, Raii fyn. p. 14. N° 9.
Tunis, or Barbary Falcon, Will. orn. p. 81.
Falcon from Barbary, Alb. v. iii. p. 1. t. z.
JT O R fize and colour this bird refembles the Lamer. The
length is feventeen inches. The bill is black : cere luteous:
irides yellow: the plumage above is of a blueifh afh- colour,
fpotted with black: on the wings are few or no Ipots: the breaft
is of a yellowilh white, with a blue tinge : on the lower part of
the belly are longifh black fpots: the quills are black, with the
outer edges white: the wings reach almoft to the end of the
* Horrebon»'s Hijlory of Iceland, p. 38.
f Mr. Brunnicb fays, feventeen rixdollars.
10 tail;
tall: the feathers of the tail are blueifh alh-colour, with feven
tranfverfe brown bands.
Linnceus makes this a diftinft fpecies.
Brijfon makes it a variety of the Peregrine Falcon, or next
fpecies. It inhabits Bariary.
Le Faucon pelerin, Brif. orn. i. p. 341. N° 6.
■ --------------Buf. oif. i. p. 249. et fuiv.
Falco peregrinus, RaiiSyn. p. 13. N° 1.
Peregrine, or haggard Falcon, Will. orn. p. 76. t. 8.
Peregrine Falcon, Br. Zool. N° 48. t. zo.
Lev. Muf.
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+- PEREGRINE
F.
g I Z E of the common Falcon. The bill is blueifh: cere D escription.
and irides luteous (in fome dufky)j above, it is cinereous,
with tranfverfe cinereous brown bands; beneath rufous white,
crofled with tranfverfe blackifh bands: tail barred with alternate
cinereous and blackifh bands, and tipped with white: legs yellow
: claws black.
Mr. Pennant obferves, that the legs are fhort, and the toes
very long; alfo, that it is fubjeft to vary in the colour of it’s
plumage.
Le Faucon de Tartarie, Brif. orn. i. p. 343. j 2.
Faucon de Tartarie ou Barbarie, Bel. Hiß. des oif. p. 116. V a r . A.
TARTARIAN
T H I S differs in being a trifle bigger, and in having the „
- , , 0 D escription. wings rurous above, and very long toes.
M. BriQon joins this with the two former, as varieties only,
L M.de Buffon