THE PEKEGKIKE FALCON. 



FALCO PEREGEINUS. 



Tail not longer than the wings ; upper plumage dark bluish grey with darker 

 bands ; head bluish black, as are also the moustaches descending from the 

 gape ; lower plumage white ; breast transversely barred with brown ; beak 

 blue, darker at the point ; cere yellow ; iris dark brown ; feet yellow ; claws 

 black. Female Upper plumage tinged with brown, lower with reddish yellow. 

 Length fifteen inches, female seventeen inches. Eggs dull light red, spotted 

 and blotched with deep red. 



THE Peregrine Falcon occupies among the " noble " birds 

 of prey a place second only in dignity to the Gyr Falcon. 

 Indeed, from its being more generally diffused and there- 

 fore more easily obtained, it is a question whether it was 



