BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT. ; 315 
[Elanoides furcatus. AMERICAN SWALLOW-TAILED Kire. 
A specimen is said to have been shot ‘‘on the Mersey” in 
June, 1843 (F%e/d, June 22nd, 1861.) See also SzzBonM, B77. 
Birds, vol. i., p. 64; and Hartine, Handbook of Brit. Birds, 
p- 89; also MITCHELL, Birds of Lancashire, p. 130, where the 
editor, Mr. Howarp SAuNDERS, states that “there is no 
evidence that the bird was obtained in a wild state, but it may 
have been brought over in a ship.’’] 
Pernis apivorus. Honey Buzzarp. 
Mr. GARLAND has a specimen in his collection at Eaton, shot 
by himself near Aldford, about twenty years ago. 
Mr. ConGREVE has one in the Burton Collection, dated 
September 22nd, 1841. 
Falco candicans. GREENLAND FALcon. 
Mr. Ruppy writes: ‘A specimen was picked up dead, and 
quite fresh, on the Llandbedr Estate, Ruthin, April 1st, 1876,” 
and was reported in the Fze/d. Mr. Wynn, Rig, who has also 
sent me a note of this specimen, adds that it was probably 
killed by collision with telegraph wires, and was in the 
possession of Mr. J. FarrFax JjxEsszE, Bathafarn, Ruthin. 
* Falco peregrinus. PEREGRINE FAtcon. 
The Grosvenor Museum possesses two specimens from Eaton, 
presented by His Grace THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER; one 
dated Jan. 16th, 1890, the other Nov. 17th, 1891: both had 
been feeding on Redwings. Mr. GArLanp also has a fine 
male in his collection. Mr. CoNGREVE has a specimen from 
Burton, dated 1840. It occasionally occurs at Aldford (R.J.S.] 
and Ince [R.N., Senr.] A curiously marked bird (Coll. G.M.) 
resembling the Peregrine was shot by Mr. JouHNson, farmer, 
at Ince, Feb. 12th, 1887, possibly an escaped bird of a foreign 
species.. A female was shot by Mr. LYLE Smyrn’s game-keeper 
at Barrow, November 25th, 1891 [T.H.] 
The late Mr. James F. Ropinson, Frodsham, writes in the 
Manchester City News (July 8th, 1882): ‘‘I have a fine specimen, 
a young male in splendid plumage, of the Peregrine Falcon, 
which was shot two years ago at Manley. For some two or 
three seasons a pair annually bred in the crags at the summit of 
Simmond’s Hill, Manley, where they were protected by the late 
Carr. H. Heron, R.N.; since his death they have, through 
persecution, entirely disappeared from the locality.” 
“In Wales, Mr. Cecit Brapsury found it breeding on the 
Little Orme’s Head in 1891 (Eggs Coll., C.B.) It occasionally 
occurs in Mr. Ruppy’s district. He tells me that a pair nested 
on the Berwyns in 1875. 
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