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its nest on the rocks and high cliffs, both inland and 

 on the coasts, on the high cliffs between Freshwater 

 Gate and the lighthouse in the Isle of Wight, and it is 

 known in Devonshire and Cornwall by the name of the 

 Cliff Hawk. Occasionally a Peregrine Falcon has been 

 captured at sea many hundred miles from any land, 

 and it is said to fly a hundred and fifty miles in an 

 hour in pursuit of its quarry, and that a single chase 

 will frequently occupy a space of eight or ten miles. 

 The eagerness and fearlessness with which it makes 

 its " stoop " are wonderful ; yet it is very easily and 

 speedily trained, and is capable of great attachment 

 to its owner, as an anecdote related by Mr. Knox will 

 prove. Two Peregrine Falcons were taken by a Cap- 

 tain Johnson, of the Rifle Brigade, across the Atlantic, 

 and were allowed a flight every day after they were 

 fed. They always returned to the ship in due time ; 

 but one evening, after a longer absence than usual, 

 one of the birds came back alone. Captain Johnson 

 mourned the other as lost ; but soon after the arrival 

 of the regiment in America, he saw a paragraph in a 

 Halifax newspaper, stating that the captain of an 

 American schooner had in his possession a Hawk, 

 which had flown on board his ship. Suspecting this 

 to be his lost favourite, Captain Johnson went to 

 Halifax and asked to see the bird, relating the par- 

 ticulars of his loss. The American captain at first 

 affected to disbelieve his story, and refused to allow 



