Merlin Small 320×309 Medium 640×618 Large 1024×988 Download TIFF Original 1716×1656 | (2.7 MB) Description With sharp claws, penetrating vision, and enormous strength, it is easy to understand that these birds inspire terror wherever they go, (Figuier, 1869). Keywords Aves, bird, birds of prey, Falcon, Falconiidae, peregrine falcon, sultan falcon Galleries Birds: M-O Source: Louis Figuier, Reptiles and Birds (London:Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1869) 612