BIRDS OF CANADA. 



ORDER I.%*ftMt*. (girdfei flf |>Mf.) 



FAMILY FALCONID.E. 

 Sub-Family FALCONING. The Falcons. 



PEREGRINE FALCON, OR DUCK HAWK. 



Falco anatum. The Peregrine Falcon. 



This bold and spirited falcon arrives in Canada 

 about the last of March, and remains until late 

 in the fall. Color, above, bluish cinereous, with 

 transverse bands of brownish-black ; underneath, 

 yellowish-white, with spots of black on the breast 

 and abdomen ; bill, light blue ; legs and toes, 

 yellow. Length, twenty inches. Its food con- 



