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FALCO PEREGRINUS. THE PEREGRINE 

 FALCON. 



BLUE HAWK. GREY HAWK. HUNTING HAWK. fiOSHAWK, FALCON. 

 COMMON FALCON. SHEABHAG. 



Fio. 224. 



Falco peregriiius. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. ^3. Adult. 



Falco communis. Lath. Ind. Orn. L 30, Young. 



Faucon pelerin. Falco peregrinus. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1. 22 ; IIL H. 



Peregrine Falcon. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Peregrine Falcon. Falco peregrinus. Selb. Illustr. I. 30. 



Falco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 82. 



Wings ifhen closed about half an inch shorter than the tail. 

 Adult male with the head, hind-neck, and a broad band on the 

 cheelxs, black, the upper parts deep bluish-grey, fading behind into 

 ash-grey, and barred with greyish-black, the lower parts white, 

 the breast and sides transversely spotted and barred with dusky. 

 Female with the upper parts more dusky, the loxrer reddish- white, 

 with larger markings. Young with the upper parts deep brownish- 

 hlack, faintly spotted icith reddish, each feather tipped xcith light 

 red, the lower parts yellowish-white, with longitudinal dusky 

 streaks. 



