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America, lying towards the Atlantic Ocean; but I cannot think 
that there is sufficient variation in this respect, to admit of speci- 
fic separation. 
South of Chili, in the southern part of Patagonia, and about the 
straits of Magellan, a really distinct race does occur, closely al- 
lied to F. Melanogenys of Australia, from which indeed, it only 
differs in its slightly larger size. It is worthy of remark, that the 
three southern races of Peregrine Falcons, viz. this Magellan race, 
to which, I believe, no specific name has yet been given, / 
Melanogenys of Australia, and £. Minor of South Africa, all agree 
between themselves, and differ from the true £. Peregrinus in 
having much narrower spaces, than occur in that bird, between the 
dark, transverse, abdominal bars, which characterize the adult 
plumage of all these Ialcons.”’ 
Although South Africa has a peculiar race of its own, (the / 
Minor mentioned above) the real Peregrine occurs there also, 
and undoubted specimens of this latter species, have been obtain- 
ed at Natal, and at the Cape of Good Hope; eastward of India, 
the true Peregrine occurs in Java, Sumatra, China, and Japan, 
but only rarely, Mr. Wallace tells us, in the western islands of 
the Archipelago. 
No. 9. Falco Perigrinator, Sunpwat.. 
Tue SHAHEEN Falcon. 
T have, as yet, no detailed information as to the breeding of 
this species. ‘The bird most commonly known as the Shaheen, 
in upper India, at any rate in the Himalayahs, is distinct, I 
believe, from the true Perigrinator (Sund.), and to it I have, 
provisionally, applied the name of /. Atriceps, (No. 9 (bis) q. v.). 
The true Perigrinator, doubtless occurs in upper India, but its 
real habitat is, I believe, Southern and Central India, Ff, 
Babylonicus, Gurney, and L. Atriceps, nobis, being its representa- 
tives in the North West. 
Dr. Jerdon mentions, that the true Shaheen breeds on steep 
and inaccessible cliffs, and that he has seen three eyries, one on 
the Neilgherries, another, at the celebrated Hill fort of Antoor,. 
and the third, at the great water-fall at Mhow. It lays its eggs, he 
remarks, in March and April, and the young fly in May and 
June, when they are caught by falconers. 
The only other Indian Falcons, for which Perigrinator could 
be mistaken, are Perigrinus and Atriceps, and how it may be at 
once distinguished from the former of these two, I have indica- 
