364 REPORT—1840. 
PART III. 
Class AVES. 
Order 1.—RAPTORES. 
Fam. Vulturide. 
Ireland. Great Britain. 
0 Neophron Percnopterus, Sav. 
This bird has a place in the British Fauna from its occur- 
rence in England on one or two occasions. Africa is its head 
quarters. 
Fam. Falconide. 
Ireland. Great Britain. 
Aquila Chrysaétos, Vig. 
Halizetus albicilla, Sedby. 
Pandion Halizetus, Sav. 
Astur palumbarius, Bechst. (?) 
Accipiter fringillarius, Ray. 
Falco greenlandicus, ZL. Hancock. 
Islandicus, Lath. Hancock.(?) 
»» peregrinus, L. 
»» Subbuteo, Z. 
»  rufipes, Bechst. 
» Tinnunculus, L. 
», salon, Gmel. 
Buteo vulgaris, Bechst. 
»  Lagopus, Vig. 
Pernis apivorus, Cuv. 
Circus rufus, Briss. 
cyaneus, Fem. 
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Circus cineraceus, Shaw. 
Milvus Ictinus, Sav. 
Elanus furcatus, Sav. 
The two first-named species, the Golden and Sea Eagles are 
in Ireland, as in Scotland, more numerous than in England. 
Pandion Halizetus is chiefly confined to the more southern half 
of the island. Astur palumbarius has a place not only in the 
older county histories, but in Mr. Templeton’s catalogue; I have 
not myself seen any specimen which could he verified as native. 
Accipiter fringillarius, Falco peregrinus, F. Tinnunculus, F. 
Zésalon, Buteo vulgaris, Circus rufus, and C. eyaneus, inhabit 
suitable localities throughout Ireland: in the wild and moun- 
tainous parts of the country which are destitute of wood, B. vul- — 
garis makes the precipitous rocks its habitation. Falco gren- 
