102 FALCONID.E. 



Hierofalco islandus. ICELAND FALCON. 



Falco islandus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 271 (1788). 

 Falco islandus, Naum. xiii. p. 22 ; Newton, i. p. 46 ; Gould, i. 



pi. 11 ; Dresser, vi. p. 25. 

 Falco gyrfalco (in part),M0c#. iii. p. 284; Gray,}*. 10; Yarr. 



ed. 2, i. p. 31 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 36. 

 Falco islandicus, Hewitson, p. 22 ; Harting, p. 86. 

 Gyr- Falcon, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 26 (in part) . 

 Islandus = of Iceland. 



Resident in Iceland ; in Great Britain it is only known as 

 a scarce and occasional visitant. 



Genus FALCO, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 124 (1766). 



Falco a Falcon, in classical Latin ; probably cognate with falx = a sickle, 

 flecto I bend, &c., from the idea of being bent like a Hawk's beak. 



Palco peregrinus. PEREGRINE FALCON. 

 Falco Peregrinus, Tunstall, Ornith. Brit. p. 1 (1771). 



Falco peregrinus, Naum. i. p. 285 ; Macg. iii. p. 294; Hewit- 

 son, p. 24; Gray, p. 11 ; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 37 ; id. ed. 3, 

 i. p. 42; Newton, i. p. 53; Gould, i. pi. 17; Harting, 

 p. 4; Dresser, vi. p. 31. 



Peregrine Falcon, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 32. 



Peregrinus = foreign, because it was always caught a long way from its 

 nesting-place (Gesner). 



An almost cosmopolitan species. A resident throughout 

 the British Islands, but now growing scarce, and nearly con- 

 fined to cliffs on the sea-coasts. 



Palco subbuteo. HOBBY. 



Falco Subbuteo, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 127(1766). 

 Falco subbuteo, Naum. i. p. 296 ; Macg. iii. p. 309 ; Hewitson, 



p. 26 ; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 45 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 52 ; Newton, i. 



p. 65 ; Gould, i. pi. 18; Hartiny, p. 4 ; Dresser, vi. p. 69. 

 Hypotriorchis subbuteo, Gray, p. 12. 

 Hobby, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 40. 



