B13, 
Subfamily FALCONINA. 
Genus FAtco. 
The members of this genus are preeminently bold, courageous, and 
sanguinary, many of them, especially the Gyr Falcons and Peregrines, 
not hesitating to attack in the air birds much larger than themselves ; 
and when trained for hawking, as they have been from time im- 
memorial, their courage and daring is so much enhanced that they 
will engage with birds of even larger size than they do in their wild 
state. Structurally they are better adapted for a quick and arrow- 
like flight than any other of the Raptores. 
One or other of the numerous species of this group inhabit nearly 
every portion of the globe. The Gyr Falcon and its immediate 
allies are almost solely confined to the high northern regions, whence 
they migrate during autumn and winter towards the equator, but 
never across it. 
The Peregrines are much more generally dispersed than the 
Gyr Falcons, the various species frequenting most countries both 
north and south; thus the form exists in Europe, Asia, and 
Australia, in Africa also from the Atlas range to the Cape of 
Good Hope, and in America from the latitude of Hudson’s Bay 
to Terra del Fuego. The smaller Falcons, such as the Hobby 
and Merlin, are also more or less represented in each country, 
but generally, although not exclusively, are of different species. 
TL SeeRATCOMSEANDUS. < os as «2 vo. » Vol dT. Pix 
IceLanpD Fatcon. 
The subject of the great northern Falcons will be found so fully 
treated of in the body of the work that it would be mere tautology 
to say more here than that this bird is, as its name implies, a native 
of Iceland, and, but more sparingly, of Greenland. It is also said 
to be found in Hudson’s Bay and other of the extreme northern 
parts of America. Occasionally adults, but more frequently young 
birds of the year, wander as far south as the British Islands. 
WGSRMALCOMSLANDUS) . «<< « « « « « « Vol, I. Pl. XII, 
Icretanp Fatcon (Young). 
Appears to be darkly coloured from the nest, but never so deep in 
tint as that of the true Gyr Falcon. 
WPPALEG CANDICANS! (osu) cise an). Soy VOlgh. PL XE. 
GREENLAND Fatcon, 
This species inhabits the icy regions of Greenland, Hudson’s Bay, 
and other parts of Arctic America, and is less frequently seen in the 
British Islands in the adult state than the /. islandus, from which it 
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