the winter of 1767 one was killed in the neighbouring 

 parish of Farringdon, and sent by me to Mr. Pennant 



A peregrine- falcon. 



into North Wales.* Since that time I have met with 

 none till now. The specimen mentioned above was 

 in fine preservation, and not injured by the shot : it 

 measured forty-two inches from wing to wing, and 

 twenty-one from beak to tail, and weighed two 

 pounds and a half standard weight. This species is 

 very robust, and wonderfully formed for rapine : its 

 breast was plump and muscular ; its thighs long, 

 thick, and brawny ; and its legs remarkably short 



* See my Tenth and Eleventh Letters, vol. i., pages 40 and 42. 

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