OMitting again what Aldrovandus hath borrowed out of Albertus concerning the White Falcon: we will only transcribe out of him, the description of the Fal∣con sent him by his Nephew Julianus Griffonius, which he received from Angelus Gal∣lus of Urbin, a Knight of Malta.
Its whole body was milk-white, only spotted with yellow spots, the which them∣selves also appeared white, unless one heedfully and intently beheld it. The Wings were like those of other the most beautiful Hawks, but purely white, and without spots. The Tail had twelve feathers alike white, and spotted with yellow; the sight whereof the uppermost feather (which was wholly white, and covered the rest, hiding them as it were in a sheath) took away. The Beak also was rather white than blue. The Feet, after the manner of other Hawks, yellow. The Eyes yellow and black: And that yellow nothing deeper than in a Hawk not yet mew'd, which we commonly call a Sore; although I cannot believe that this was a Sore. For it might so come to pass, that it might retain that yellowness from a certain temper of body peculiar to this kind: Otherwise it would, after it was mewed, necessarily incline to whiteness. It was of a tall stature, a great and stately bird: It eat not but with its Eyes usually shut, and that with great greediness. It killed Pullets.