. British zoology . Class II. L A N N E R. 183 has caufed the number of hawks to be multipliedfar beyond the reality. The marks to be attendedto as forming the charaders of the fpecies, arethofe on the quil feathers and the tail, which donot change. Another reafon for this needlefs in-creafe of the fpecies of this tribe of birds, is ow-ing to the names given to the fame kinds in differ-ent periods of their lives, by the writers on fal-conry, which ornithologies have adopted and de-fcribed as diftindl kinds: even Mr. Ray has beenobliged to copy them. The falcon, the falcongentil, and the haggar

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. British zoology . Class II. L A N N E R. 183 has caufed the number of hawks to be multipliedfar beyond the reality. The marks to be attendedto as forming the charaders of the fpecies, arethofe on the quil feathers and the tail, which donot change. Another reafon for this needlefs in-creafe of the fpecies of this tribe of birds, is ow-ing to the names given to the fame kinds in differ-ent periods of their lives, by the writers on fal-conry, which ornithologies have adopted and de-fcribed as diftindl kinds: even Mr. Ray has beenobliged to copy them. The falcon, the falcongentil, and the haggard, are made diftindl fpecies,whereas they form only one: this is explained bya French author, who wrote in the beginning ofthe laft century, and effedlually clears up this point;fpeaking of the falcon, he tells us, Sil eft prins** en Juin^ Juillet & Aouft^ vous le nommerez* Gentil: fi en Septetnhre^ 05lohre^ Novembre ou Decemhre^ vous le nommerez Pellerin ou Pajfa- ger: sil eft prins en Janvier^ Feburier et Mars

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