THis Bird brought out of the East-Indies we saw in the Royal Aviary in St. James Park near Westminster, and thus described it. For bigness it was not much inferiour to a Goshawk: The Head flat, black, copped, the Crest hanging down back∣ward from the hind part of the head, like a Lapwings, but forked. The Neck red. The Breast and Belly were parti-coloured of black and white, the alternate cross lines being very bright and fair. The Irides of the Eyes yellow. The Beak of a deep or dark blue, almost black, especially towards the point; for the Base was co∣vered with a yellow Membrane. The Legs feathered down to the Feet: The Feet yellow; the Talons of a dark black. The lesser rows of Wing-feathers had whitish edges. The Train was varied with transverse spaces or beds of black and cinereous alternately. The rest of the feathers were black.
The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq, fellow of the Royal Society in three books : wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates : translated into English, and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work : to which are added, Three considerable discourses, I. of the art of fowling, with a description of several nets in two large copper plates, II. of the ordering of singing birds, III. of falconry / by John Ray ...
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- The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq, fellow of the Royal Society in three books : wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates : translated into English, and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work : to which are added, Three considerable discourses, I. of the art of fowling, with a description of several nets in two large copper plates, II. of the ordering of singing birds, III. of falconry / by John Ray ...
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- Ray, John, 1627-1705.
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- London :: Printed by A.C. for John Martyn ...,
- 1678.
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- Falconry -- Early works to 1800.
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"The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq, fellow of the Royal Society in three books : wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates : translated into English, and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work : to which are added, Three considerable discourses, I. of the art of fowling, with a description of several nets in two large copper plates, II. of the ordering of singing birds, III. of falconry / by John Ray ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66534.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.
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§. XII. The Crested Indian Falcon.
Notes
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Its bigness, Head. Crest. Neck.
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Breast. Beak.
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Legs and Feet. Wings. Train.