84 RARE VISITANTS. 



One near Youghal, Cork, January 1845 : Thompson, Ann. 



Nat. Hist. 1845, p. 351. 



One, Lundy Island, 1858 : Mathew, Zoologist, 1861, p. 7380. 

 One, Hawks Tor, Cornwall, 4th Dec. 1860 : Rodd, Zoologist, 



1861, p. 7311, and List Brit. Birds (2nd ed.), p. 5. 

 One, Carnanton, St. Colomb, Cornwall, end of October or 



early in November 1861 : Rodd, Zoologist, 1861, p. 7817, 



and List Brit. Birds (2nd ed.), p. 6. 

 One near Somerley, Hants, 28th Dec. 1861 : Wise, New 



Forest, p. 313. 



The true Gyrfalcon (Falco gyrfalco, Linnaeus) has 

 not been met with in this country. Of the Greenland 

 and Iceland Falcons, it is probable that the latter has 

 occurred more frequently in Great Britain than the 

 former ; but in many instances the two species have 

 not been distinguished. As it is now impossible, 

 without actual examination of the specimens, to name 

 correctly all the large white Falcons which have been 

 recorded as obtained in this country, those only can 

 be here noticed which have been seen and identified 

 by competent authorities. 



For important remarks on the distinguishing charac- 

 ters, habits, and geographical distribution of these 

 Falcons, the reader may be referred to: Hoy, Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. vol. vi, p. 108 ; Hancock, Ann. Nat. Hist, 

 vol. ii. p. 241, and Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (2nd series) 

 vol. xiii. p. 110; The Ibis, 1862, pp. 43-53; New- 

 ton's Ootheca Wolleyana, pp. 85-98; and Yarrell's 

 Hist. Brit. Birds (4th ed.), vol. i. pp. 36-52. 



