84 RARE VISITANTS. 
One near Youghal, Cork, January 1845: Thompson, Ann. 
Nat. Hist. 1845, p. 351. 
One, Lundy Island, 1858: Mathew, Zoologist, 1861, p. 7380. 
One, Hawks Tor, Cornwall, 4th Dec. 1860: Rodd, Zoologist, 
1861, p. 7311, and List Brit. Birds (2nd ed.), p. 5. 
One, Carnanton, St. Colomb, Cornwall, end of October or 
early in November 1861: Rodd, Zoologist, 1861, p. 7817, 
and List Brit. Birds (2nd ed.), p. 6. 
One near Somerley, Hants, 28th Dec. 1861: Wise, New 
Forest, p. 313. 
The true Gyrfalcon (Falco gyrfalco, Linnzus) has 
not been met with in this country. Of the Greenland 
and Iceland Falcons, it is probable that the latter has 
occurred more frequently in Great Britain than the 
former; but in many instances the two species have 
not been distinguished. As it is now impossible, 
without actual examination of the specimens, to name 
correctly all the large white Falcons which have been 
recorded as obtained in this country, those only can 
be here noticed which have been seen and identified 
by competent authorities. 
For important remarks on the distinguishing charac- 
ters, habits, and geographical distribution of these 
Falcons, the reader may be referred to:—Hoy, Mag. 
Nat. Hist. vol. vi. p. 108; Hancock, Ann. Nat. Hist. 
vol. 11. p. 241, and Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (2nd series) 
vol. xiii. p. 110; The Ibis, 1862, pp. 43-53; New- 
ton’s Ootheca Wolleyana, pp. 85-98; and Yarrell’s 
Hist. Brit. Birds (4th ed.), vol. i. pp. 36-52. 
