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former species. Tynninghame, Dec. 1858 ;i Kinkell, 

 Fife, Dec. 1866; Cheviots, March 1874; Lammermoors, 

 October 1874 (Berw. Nat. Proc, vol. vii. p. 293-301); 

 Marchmont, Jan. 187 7. ^ Also at Greenlaw, St Abb's 

 Head, &c. 



3. Pandion Haliaetos. Cuv. The Osprey. 



Another irregular visitant. Dunbar, 1852;"^ Lauderdale, 

 1857;! Berwick, 1867;! Falkirk, Oct. 1868; 2 Burn- 

 mouth, Sept. 1871;! Floors, near Kelso, 1873.^ Several 

 old or unauthenticated instances are mentioned in the 

 Proc. of the Berw. Nat. Club, and elsewhere. 



[Falco Gyrfalco. Linn. The Gerfalcon. 



Said to have been found in Forfarshire in 181 2. G. Don. 

 Vide Gray. Aberdeenshire, Pennant, ed. 1772; Argyle- 

 shire, Sept. 1866 and 1868. 2] 



4. Falco peregrinus. Gmd. The Peregrine. 



Not yet extremely rare, but greatly diminished. A pair 

 still breeds regularly on the Bass Rock ; also, until re- 

 cently, at St Abb's Head, and still, perhaps, at Fast 

 Castle. Said also to breed in Lauderdale,^ on the 

 Cheviots, Isle of May, &c. 



5. Falco subbuteo. Linn. The Hobby. 



Rare. Portobello, July 1863; Dumfries, June 1867; 

 Bowmont Forest, 1870;^ Innerleithen, 1872; Dunse, 

 1872 ;i Berwickshire (two specimens), 1874.^ 



[Falco rufipes. Tevim. The Red-footed Falcon. 



A very rare bird. Foveran, Aberdeenshire, 1866;- 

 Hauxley, near Alnwick, 1868.^] 



6. Falco ^salon. Gmel. The Merlin. 



Rather numerous. Common near Edinburgh in the 

 winter-time. Breeds in Peeblesshire and Berwickshire. 



7. Falco tinnunculus. Linn. The Kestrel. 



The commonest of our hawks, but very greatly reduced 

 in numbers. 



^ Proc. of Berw. Nat. Club. ^ Gray's ' Birds of the West of Scotland. ' 



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