12$ INDEX-CATALOGUE OE THE BIRDS 



No. 4. Head of Mallard or Wild Drake. 



J. H., fecit. Anas boschas. 



„ 5. Iceland Falcon. Falco gyrfalco. (Linn.). 



Var. Islandus. (Brisson). 

 Female in mature plumage. J. H., fecit. 



,, 6. Iceland Falcon. 



Male in first plumage. Davis Straits. 



Capt. "Warham, 1835. 

 Remarks. — This specimen is probably a cross between 

 the Iceland and Greenland varieties. See the white, 

 third primary wing-feather. J. Hancock. 



,, 7. Iceland Falcon. 



Male in mature plumage. South Greenland, 1850. 



,, 8. Kestrel. 



Six young in downy state, taken from the nest near 

 Alnwick, June, 1885. Presented by Nath. Dunn, Esq. 



FALCONRY ILLUSTRATED. 



IN THREE GROUPS. 



„ 9. 1. The Hooded Falcon. 



,, 10. 2. The Struggle with the Quarry. 



„ 11. 3. The Gorged Falcon. 



Remarks. — These groups were exhibited at the Great 

 Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, 

 in 1851. J. H., fecit. 



,, 12. The Falcon's Fate in the 19th Century. 



,, 13. Bar-tailed Pheasant. Phasianus Reevesii, 



Gray. 

 1 (left). Male. Bred in Scotland. 



Presented to J. Hancock by The Right Honourable 



the Earl of Ravensworth, 20th June, 1878. 



