History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

Falco. BXHDS. ACCIPITRES. 4,9** Concha of the ear extending only to about one-half of the side ofthe head. Disc offeathers round the eye less perfect than in thepreceding group.f Head with horns.Bubo.•f-fScops.Head without horns.Stris.I. DIURNAL RAPACIOUS BIRDS.Gen. VI. FALCO. Falcon.— Bill, with the marginof theupper mandible furnished with a sharp tooth, near the extremity,the lower with a notch for its reception.a. With Mustaches, or a black stripe, extending from thebase of the bill, under the eye, along the clieeks, and ashort way on the side of the neck.10. F. pcregrinus. Peregrine Falcon.'— Wings reaching thelength of the tail.Will. Orn. 43—F. sacer, Silb. Scot. 14 Peregrine 22— F., Pcnn. 1. 178.—Grey F., ib. 180—F. per. Tern. Orn. L W, Hebog tramor.—Inrocky districts not uncommon.Length 16|, breadth 37 inches. Bill blue; margin of the eye, cere, irides,and legs, yellow. Plumage, above, blackish-grcy, darkest on the head, lighteston the rump with obscure ; black bars. Throat, neck, and breast, white ; therest below white, with black bars ; a few longitudinal spots of black on thebreast. Middle toe as long as the tarsus. Quills dusky ; inner web of thefirst abbreviated near the end. Tail-feathers 12, slightly tipt with yellowishwhite.Female larger, the white beneath, tinged with red. Nest on rocks ;eggs 3 or 4, reddish, with brown spots. Young birds have the plumage, above,inclining to cinereous; the feathers with a ferruginous border. Beneath,white, with longitudinal spots. Crown, neck, and checks, yellowish-white.Blackish patch under the eye. This species, long celebrated for its docilityand activity in the chase, has been multiplied into numerous species, viz. F.toccocephalus, fuscus, communis, and niger. Feeds on the wild Gallinse, chiefly,and even makes havock in the poultry-yard.11. F. lanarius. Lanner.— Wings reaching only two-thirdsthe length of the tail.Will. Orn. 48. Linn. Syst.i. 129. Pcnn. Brit. ZooL L 182. tab. rxii.Tern. Orn. i. 20.— W, Hebog gwlanog.— Breeds in Ireland. Caughtin a duck decoy, Lincolnshire.—Pennant.Length 1 foot 7 inches. Margin of the eye, irides, and cere, yellow ; billand legs bluish. Crown red, with oblong brown spots. Above each eye, tothe hind part of the head, a broad white line ; and beneath each a blackish mark,pointing downwards : the last nearly disappearing with age. Plumage, above,brown with reddish margins ; below, white, with longitudinal brown spots,except the under tail covers and throat. Middle toe shorter than the tarsus.Inner webs of the two first quills abbreviated. In the female the head is darkbrown, and the throat and under tail-covers have narrow streaks.— 12. F. Subbutco. Hobby. Wings reaching beyond the tail.Will. Orn. 48. Penn. Brit Zool. L 107- Tern, Ora. L 25.'— W, Hebogyr Iledydd—A summer visitant.VOL. I.D