 Plate No. 19 Iceland or Gyr Falcon |
| Artist: John James Audubon, 1785-1851 |
| Book: The Birds of America 1st Royal Octavo Edition John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier (later Roe Lockwood), New York & Philadelphia, 1840-1844 |
| Method: Lithography, hand color |
| Family II - Falconinae (Falconine Birds) Genus IX - Falco, Linn. (Falcon) Iceland or Gyr Falcon Currently known as: Gyrfalcon |
On the 6th August, 1833, while my young friends, THOMAS LINCOLN and JOSEPH COOLEDGE, accompanied by my son JOHN, were rambling by the rushing waters of a brook banked by stupendous rocks, eight or ten miles from the port of Bras d'Or, on the coast of Labrador, they were startled by a loud and piercing shriek, which issued from the precipices above them. On looking up, my son observed a large Hawk plunging over and about him. It was instantly brought to the ground. A second Hawk dashed towards the dead one, as if determined to rescue it; but it quickly met the same fate, the contents of my son's second barrel bringing it to his feet. |
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