BIRDS. 153 



Since then Mr. Moodie-Heddle saw a " Jer-Falcon " on Oct. 

 15th, 1887, a notice of which appeared in an article in the 

 Field of Oct. 22d, under the heading " An Autumn Day in the 

 North of Scotland." Mr. Moodie-Heddle adds the note, "the 

 first noticed in the south of Orkney." 



Mr. E. S. Cameron of Burgar House says (in lit. 2d Jan. 

 1888), " Robert (Murison, General Burroughs' keeper on 

 Rousay) tells me that he saw two ' Jer-Falcons ' above 

 Trumbland, and that he could not be mistaken." 



Mr. Cowan also has the note, "a rare visitant." 



Falco islandus, Gmel. Iceland Falcon. 



In one instance at least we are able to identify one of these white 

 falcons. In 1874 an Iceland Falcon was shot in Orphir, and 

 had a place in Mr. Petrie's collection. When this collection 

 was broken up, this bird, with the Kite before mentioned, was 

 bought by Mr. Whitaker of Rainworth, Nottingham. 



Falco peregrinus, TunstalL Peregrine Falcon. 

 Orc. = PuUigrun (B. and H.). 1 



Wallace, at page 20 of his Description of the Orkney Islands, gives 

 the following long list of the places in which these, in his day 

 valuable, birds bred there : " Hawks and Falcons have their 

 nests in several places of these Islands, as in the Noup, Swendal, 

 and Rapnes in Westra ; at High Berrie and Aithhead in Wals ; 

 at Braebrake, Furcarsdale, and Rackwick in Hoy; at Halcro', 

 Greenhead, and Hocksa in South Ronaldshay; at Bellibrake 

 and Quendal in Rousa ; at Rousum Head and Lambhead in 

 Stronsa ; in the Calf of Eda ; at Gatnip, Gultak, Mulehead in 

 Deirness ; Copinsha, Black Craig of Stromness, Yeskrabie, Birsa, 

 Marwick, and Costahead in the Mainland." Wallace also adds 

 that "the King's Falconer comes every year and takes the 

 young, who has twenty pounds Sterling in salarie, and a Hen 

 or Dog out of every house in the countrey, except some houses 

 that are priviledged." In a note sent us by Mr. Moodie-Heddle 

 he says: "Hawk hen: an ancient right existed by which the 



1 "Puiligriin, I fancy, is only an attempt to repeat Peregrine, which some 

 stranger had used in their (Orcadian native) hearing. I have once or twice heard 

 it called ' The Blue Hunting Hawk.' " J. G. M.-H. 



