44 Transactions of the Edin. Nat. Field Club. [Sess, 1881-82. 



XL— NOTE ON THE BOOSTING OF THE PEREGRINE FALCON 

 ON THE SPIRE OF ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL, EDINBURGH. 



By Mr EGBERT STEWART. 



{Head Feb. 23, 1882.) 



I THINK it may be interesting to the members of the Chib to learn 

 that for some time past a Peregrine Falcon has regularly taken 

 up its night quarters on one of the small ornaments near the top 

 of the spire of St Mary's Cathedral. I first noticed the bird as it 

 came along Melville Street, and on this, as on all subsequent 

 occasions, it flew on a level with the tops of the houses until it 

 reached the Cathedral, when a few steady strokes of its wings 

 enabled it to occupy its high perch. The ornament referred to 

 is not protected in any way, and it is as astonishing to consider 

 how it managed to retain its footing during the recent storms, as 

 it is to find it there at all. 



