THE PEALE FALCON. 



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undoubtedly pos- 

 sess, it is dilifi- 



cuit to conceix'e 



of more Eden- 



i i k e conditions 

 ihan thdse here 



provided for the 



Peale Falcons. 



Sea b i r d s < j f 



eleven species 



make Carroll 



Islet home, and it 



is in the highway 



of passage dur- 

 ing migrations. 



The Falcons had 



only to covet and 



kill morning, 



noon and night. 



Indeed so la\'ish 



was the |:)ro\'ision 



made for them, 



that their pres- 

 ence did not seem 



to cause concern 



to the m_\-riatl 



sea - fowd. The 



Falcon's choice 



appeared to fall 



oftenest upon the 



Cassin Anklets, 



and most of the 



t r a g i c feather 



heaps discovered 



belonged to this 



species. Since 



the Anklets fly only by night during the breeding seascni. we were forced to 



conclude that the Falcons secured their favorite quarry after nightfall or else 



vevy earlv in the mornins-. 



Tak 



Ln PusI-. 



Photo bv the .-llillior. 



XESTING SITE OF THE PE.\LE F.^ECO.X. 



TilE NEST AfPEAKS AS A TIXV WHITE SPOT OK THE SHEER WALL, A LITTLE To THE 

 RIGHT OF THE CENTER. 



