. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. cir ])liimagc ^ing narrow- It the upper alcoiis were the bait was I Fowl, and ncc, that he te<l bird as These birds from thence y, and even nusement of out Europe, this time it and Asiatics amusement, ign of James pounds for a t formidable, giicst esteem f birds ; the ;tinis ; in its 1 Ptarmigan; ly, and often perpendicu- egions where dst the most to lay from te, striped upon V brown bands, til Bmall brown d more numer-. COMMON on WANDERING FALCON. (Faleoperegrimts. Lix. Great-footed Hinvk. Wilson,
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. cir ])liimagc ^ing narrow- It the upper alcoiis were the bait was I Fowl, and ncc, that he te<l bird as These birds from thence y, and even nusement of out Europe, this time it and Asiatics amusement, ign of James pounds for a t formidable, giicst esteem f birds ; the ;tinis ; in its 1 Ptarmigan; ly, and often perpendicu- egions where dst the most to lay from te, striped upon V brown bands, til Bmall brown d more numer-. COMMON on WANDERING FALCON. (Faleoperegrimts. Lix. Great-footed Hinvk. Wilson, Am. Orn. i\. J). \-i{). t. 7(;. Ai iH no.\, pi. I(i. [u spirited group in the act of devouring IVal.] Le Faueun. Bufk, pi. 4'2I. Lt Lanier. MA. pi. 430, [an old male.]) e5i>Ec. CiiAHA. T. — Brownisli-liincit ; beneath, whitish, transversely liarred witli blackisli brown ; clieeks with a wideninjr sjiace of black; middle toe as long as the tarsus; inner web of the Ist primary only indenied near the summit. —/Vmo/t- inclining to nsh-color; beneiith, tending to ferruginous, — I'ouH^- alone, greyish-black, the feathers edged with pale brown; beneath^ whitish, with large /"/),^i7m(//)1(i/central brown spots ; also with the fore and hind iiead and cheeks whitish yellow with black spots. The celebrated, powerful, and princely Falcon iscomi mon both to the continent of Europe and America. In the former they are chiefly found in mountainous regions, and make their nest,s in the most inaccessible clelus of rocks, and very rarely in trees, laying 3 or 4 eggs of a reddish-yellow with brown spots. In Europe, they seldom descend to the plains, and avoid countries. The period of incubation lasts but a short time, and com- mences in winter, or very in the Spring, so that. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly rese
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