3i8 HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS 



One, Valentia Island, Kerry, May 1840 : Weaver, ZooL, 



1846, p. 1246. 

 Two near Youghal, Cork, Jan. 1845 : Thompson, Ann. 



Nat. Hist., 1845, p. 351; Ussher, "Birds of Ireland," 



p. 125. One in Museum, Trinity College, Dublin. 

 One, Lundy Island, 1858 : Mathew, ZooL, 1861, p. 7380. 

 One, Hawks Tor, Cornwall, Dec. 4, I860; Rodd, ZooL, 



1861, p. 7311, and " Birds of Cornwall," p. 3. 

 One, Carnanton, St. Colomb, Cornwall, Oct. or Nov. 1861 : 



Rodd, ZooL, 1861, p. 7817, and "Birds of Cornwall." 

 One, Somerley, Hants, Dec. 28, 1861 : Wise, "New Forest," 



1867, p. 313. Expanse of wing, 6 ft. ; weight, 8 lbs. 

 One, taken alive, Elmstead, near Colchester, Essex, Oct. 



29, 1891 : Laver, ZooL, 1891, p. 470. 

 One, Sudbourne Hall estate, near Wickham Market, Suffolk, 



Nov. 4, 1891 : Pratt, ZooL, 1892, p. 25. 

 One, Leigh, near Southend, Essex, Nov. 3, 1891 : Miller 



Christy, ZooL, 1892, p. 76. In collection of Hon. W. 



Rothschild. Figured by Lord Lilford. 



Ohs. The late Mr. J. H. Gurney, who examined 

 the two Cornish specimens of the Spotted Eagle 

 above noticed, was of opinion that they were 

 referable to Aquila clanga, Pallas (Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 332). 



GYRFALCON. Falco gyrfalco, Linnajus. PI. 2, fig. 3. 

 Length, 20 in.; bill, 1*3 in. ; wing, 14*5 in. ; tarsus, 

 2 m. 



Hab. Northern Europe, extending across Northern Asia 

 and North America, migrating southwards in autumn. 



One, Mayfield, Sussex, Jan. 1845 : in collection of W. 

 Borrer. Recorded as an Iceland Falcon, Ellman, ZooL, 

 1851, p. 3233 ; identified as Falco gyrfalco by Gurney, 

 ZooL, 1884, p. 271 ; and since figured by Borrer, " Birds 

 of Sussex," p. 5. 



