CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 63 



shooting and the shouts of the men who were fishing, 

 and stalked gravely about on the bridge, seeming to 

 take particular notice of what was going on. Towards 

 dusk the wind freshened and the pitching of the steam- 

 boat appeared to disagree with them, as after looking 

 very miserable for some time in their vain attempts to 

 keep their footing, they at last took a reluctant farewell, 

 flying slowly against a head wind towards the land. 



The male and female, together with the nest, were 

 obtained near Lairg, in Sutherland, in June, 1869. 



The case is copied from a sketch taken from a nest 

 in the rocks at Longa Island, off the west coast of 

 Ross- shire. 



PEREGRINE. 



Case 61. 



Under the heading of '' Hawks and the Moors," the 

 Peregrine has given rise to many discussions in the 

 sporting papers ; some writers declaring that they do 

 but little damage on a Grouse moor, being of opinion 

 that the few birds they take are usually the diseased and 

 weakly, while others class them amongst the very 

 worst of thieves. 



These discussions evidently being, for the most part, 

 between falconers on the one side and game-preservers 

 on the other, there can be but httle doubt that each 

 party takes a rather one-sided view of the case. 



The Peregrine accommodates itself to the district it 

 breeds in, preying on Grouse, Plover, Ducks, and 

 Pigeons, in the Highlands ; sea birds, such as the 

 smaller Gulls and Guillemots, on the islands ; and 

 Partridges, Pigeons, and even the young of the domestic 



