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ards, grasshoppers, and locusts, are in abundance. They are some- 

 times, though rarely, seen in Pennsylvania and New Jersey-^and 

 that only in long and very warm summers." 



The specimen in my possession was procured in South Carolina 

 by Mr. Bell, who has informed me that when the brush is firedjthe 

 Swallow-tailed Hawk watches an opportunity to pounce upon rab- 

 bits as they escape from the flames — which, like the rest of its prey, 

 it devours as it flies along'. 



GENUS FALCO — LINN. 



FALCON. 



[Bill short, robust, its upper outline decurved from the base ; cere short, 

 bare ; wings long, pointed ; tail rather long, nearly even ; tarsi of moderate 

 length ; feet strong ; claws long, curved, acute.] 



FALCO PEREGRINUS— GMEL. 



PEREGRINE FALCON, OR GREAT-FOOTED HAWK. 



Great-footed Hawk, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Faico peregrinus, Bonap. Syn. 



Common or Wandering Falcon, Falco peregrinus, Nutt. Man. 



Great-footed Hawk, Falco peregrinus, Aud. Amer- Orn. 



Falco peregrinus, Peregrine Falcon, Sw. & Rich. 



Specific Characters — A black patch on the sides of the head di- 

 rectly below the eye, inclining on the fore neck ; feet and claws 

 very strong ; wings extending to the end of the tail. Adult with 

 the upper parts grayish-black ; head and hind neck barred with 

 light grayish-blue ; lower parts white ; the breast and sides spotted 

 with black ; feet very large and strong ; a black patch on the side 

 of the head, directly below the eye. Female with the lower parts 

 yellowish-white, marked on the breast and sides of the body with 

 large black spots, the sides of the neck streaked with the same co- 

 lor ; the patch below the eye same as the male. Young with the 



