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Bishops Lydeard, about the year 1860, when I was in the neigh- 
bourhood, and it is still not an uncommon thing to hear of its 
‘capture in various parts of the country.‘ 
Faleo Gyrfaico, “The Jer Falcon.” Of the three recognised 
varieties of the Jer Falcon (i.e. i., Falco Candicans ; ii., Islandus ; 
and iii , gyzfalco—in other words, the “‘ Greenland,” “ Iceland,” and 
“ Norwegian” or “Scandinavian” Falcons), I cannot say much 
as far as local occurrences are concerned. Of the third species, the 
true Faleo gyrfalco of Norway, I believe there is no authentically 
recorded appearance in the British Isles ; * though of the other two 
species there have been numerous instances. I had a beautiful 
specimen of the “Iceland Falcon ” brought to my house this sum- 
mer by Mr. Cecil Smith, author of the “ Birds of Somersetshire.” 
This bird had been killed on April 12th of the present year, on the 
island of Herm, near Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. It was 
seen there in company with another of its own species, which escaped 
capture. It was a male in adult plumage, which is intermediate in 
darkness of colouring between the “Greenland” and the “ Nor- 
wegian” varieties. I have a good specimen of the “Greenland ” 
Falcon in my own collection, but not a local‘one ; and Mr. Rawlence, 
of Wilton, has also a fine Greenlander in his excellent collection of 
Faleonide, which he bought as having been obtained in the North 
of England, but he is unable to give me any further information 
about it. 
Faleo Lanarius, “The Lanner Falcon.” I almost fear I shall be 
_ accused of presumption, if not of ignorance, when I assert that the 
‘rare Lanner Falcon has been captured in this district. This bird, 
‘Im size, comes between the “Jer,” and the “ Peregrine” Falcons, 
and used to be flown especially at the Kite, with which the Peregrine 
is scarcely big enough to cope. Now of this species, Yarrell, in one 
of the former editions of his work, writes thus: “ Falco Lanarius, 
1 While I am revising this paper—October 19th, 1876—a fine Osprey may be 
seen almost every morning at the mouth of the river Avon, pursuing his daily 
 avocation. 
_ * Foran accurate description of the differences between these Falcons I would 
refer the reader to Professor Newton’s re-edition of Yarrell, now coming out. 
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