12 INDEX-CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS 



Case 



36. Saker Falcon. Falco gyrfalco, Linn. 



"Var. Sacer, Brisson. 



No. 1 (left). Female in first plumage. 



Remark. — Caught in the rigging of a ship crossing the 

 Mediterranean between Alexandria and Candia, Jan., 1845. 

 Received this bird alive. J. H. 



No. 2 (right). Mature female. 



Hungary. 

 Presented to J. Hancock by A. Cochrane, Esq. 

 No. 3 (centre). Young in the down. 



Hungary, 1847. 



Received March, 1849. 



Remark. — These specimens are placed in the collection 

 only to show the Eastern form of the four large, true 

 Falcons. 



37. Peregrine Falcon. Falco peregrinus, Gmelin 



ex Brisson. 

 No. 1 (left). Mature female. 



Shot by Charles St. John, Esq., at Gordons- 

 town, Moray, April 22nd, 1851. 

 ,, 2 (right). Mature male. 



Shot on the same day and place as the 

 female by Charles St. John, Esq. 



38. Peregrine Falcon. 



No. 1 (left). Mature male. Dark complexion. 

 Caught at sea, 1836. 

 ,, 2 (left centre). Mature female. 



Scotland, 1852. Shewing the coloration of the 

 East Indian so called F. peregrinator. 

 , . 3 (right). Mature male. 



South-east Coast of Scotland, 1842. 

 Remark. — This was a trained bird, in the possession of 

 John Hancock from Jan., 1844, until Dec, 1845, when it 

 was shot by mistake. 



