in the Eastei-n Atlas. 185 



of F. peregrinus, auct. Messrs. F. H. Salvin and W. Brodrick, 

 in their ' Falconry in the British Isles/ have given a good 

 figure (plate xvii.) of an immature tiercel or male bird; and 

 they justly remark (p. 101) that, " although smaller by nearly 

 a fourth than the [true] Peregrine, it has the organs of desti-uc- 

 tion, such as the beak, feet, and talons, fully as large, united to 

 longer and more pointed wings in proportion to its total length 

 — in this respect almost rivalling the Hobby/^ The same 

 authors quote from an old work, ' The Gentleman's Recreation * 

 [1677], page 208, the following :— 



'' The Barbary or, as some call her, the Tartaret Faulcon, is a 

 bird seldom found in any country, and is called a Passenger as 

 well as the Haggard \F. peregrinus]. They are somewhat 

 lesser than the Tiercel-gentle \_F. peregrinus, $ ] , and plumed red 

 under the wings, strong-armed, with long talons and stretchers. 



'' The Barbary Faulcon is venturously bold, and you may fly 

 her with the Haggard all May and June. They are Hawks very 

 slack in mewing at first ; but when once they begin, they mew 

 their feathers very fast. 



" They are called Barbary Faulcons because they make their 

 passage through that country and Tunis, where they are more 

 frequently taken than in any other place, namely in the Isles 

 of the Levant, Candy, Cyprus, and Rhodes.^' 



Messrs. Salvin and Brodrick go on to observe, of the subject 

 of their plate, " The specimen in our possession is that of a 

 young male, and was killed by an acquaintance in the country 

 from which it takes its name. Its length is under 13 inches from 

 the beak to the end of the tail; length of wing from shoulder 

 to tip 11 inches, with the bill, legs, and feet equal in size to 

 those of the male Peregrine. The young female is scarcely to 

 be distinguished from the young male Peregrine, except by the 

 greater development of these organs of destruction, which equal 

 those of the Falcon. The cere in the young bird is blue, and the 

 legs yellow, — similar in this respect also to the Peregrine.'^ 



It may be that M. Temminck's description of his Falco pere- 

 grindides (PL Col. livr. 81) was taken from one of these birds; if 

 so, he has confounded this species with the real F, peregrino'ides 

 of Sir Andrew Smith — a South African form, — as well as with 



