46 FAUNA OF NORTH WALES 



113.— GREENLAND FALCON. Falco rusiicolus candicans 



GmeL 



Obtained twice on Denbighshire moois. 



Mr. A. Heneage Cocks informs me that there is preserved at 

 Voelas Hall, Denbighshire, a Greenland Falcon trapped on 

 the estate by the keeper. 



114.— PEREGRINE FALCON. Fcdco peregrinus peregrinua 



Tmist. 



Resident and breeds in fair numbers amongst moimtains and on precipitous 

 coasts : in the east chiefly a passing autumnal migrant. 



The Fauna is hardly correct in stating that there is no hollow 

 to keep the eggs together : there is always a shallow hollow, 

 and sometimes a slight lining. The number of eggs is usually 

 three. 



Rev. W. S. Symonds in Records of the. Rocks, p. Gl, states 

 that in 1210 the Bishop of Bangor had to pay a fine of 200 

 hawks {i.e., Falcons) to King John, and was supposed to have 

 procured the birds from Pembrokeshire. It is more probable, 

 however, that he would have got them in his own province. 



115. — HOBBY. Falco subhutco subbuteo L. 

 Summer visitor, met with rarely on autumn migration. 



116. — MERLIN. Falco columharius cesalon Tunst. 



Partial migrant ; breeding on moorlands, and met with in the lowlands 

 on migration : also breeds in Anglesey and Lleyn chiefly r^n the coasts. 



117.- RED-FOOTED FALCON. Falco vespertinus vespertinus 



L. 



Obtained once in Denbighshire. 



118. — KESTREL. Falco tinnunculus tinnuncvlus L. 



Partial migrant ; in summer generally distributed and common, especially 

 on precipitous coasts. 



In North Anglesey Mr. H. King observed a fully-flcdgrd young 

 Kestrel on 27th Ju]j, 1917, tTj to perch on a vertical cliff- 

 face ; it eventually succeeded much after the mann«r of a 

 Swift. 



