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Field, May 15, 1875, and Ussher, "Birds of Ire- 

 land," p. 135. The last-named author states that 

 in the winter, 1883-84, no fewer than eight were 

 obtained in Ireland ; one in Cork, two in Kerry, 

 two in Mayo, and three in Donegal, besides others 

 which were seen the same season. 



ICELAND FALCON. Falco islandus, Gmelin. Length, 

 22 in. ; bill, 1-4 in. ; wing, 14*5 in. ; tarsus, 2'3 in. 



Hah. Northern Europe ; Iceland ; Greenland ; Labrador ; 

 and Alaska. 



One, Marston Moor, Dec, 1836. In collection of C. Oxley. 

 One, Normanby, near Guisborough, Yorkshire, March 1837 : 



Hogg, Zool, 1845, p. 1052. 

 One, Winton, near Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, in 1842: 



Goodchild, Trans. Cmnberl. Assoc. Lit. Sci., pt. vi. 

 One, Bellingham, Northumberland, January 1845 : Bold, 



Zool., 1845, p. 935. 

 One, Inverbroom, Ross-shire, May 1851: Bond, Zoo?., 1851, 



p. 3275. In his collection. 

 Several in Scotland and the Hebrides : R. Gray, " Birds 



West of Scotland," pp 22-23. 

 One, Poppleton, near York, Nov. 1860 : Graham, Zool., 



1861, p. 7312. In the Leeds Museum. 

 One near Crossfell, Cumberland, Oct. 13, 1860 : Duck- 

 worth, Trans. Cumberl. Assoc. Lit. Sci., pt. viii. p. 206, 



figured. In the Newcastle Museum. 

 One, Filey Brigg, Oct. 4, 1864: Clarke, "Birds Yorkshire." 

 One near Thurso, Caithness, April 1, 1876 : M'Nicol, Field, 



April 15, 1876. 

 One, Islay, 1876 : Lumsden, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg., 



1876, p. 86. 

 Two seen, one shot, island of Herm, near Guernsey, 1876 : 



Cecil Smith, Field, July 8, 1876. 



