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 THE FOOD OF THE PERE(;RINE FALCON. 



BY 



J. F. PETERS. 



The following notes on the food of the Peregrine Falcon 



{Falco p. percgrimis) have all been made by me in the Lake 



District, either actually in the eyrie or on the feeding place. 



The records from each eyrie are separately recorded, 



together with the date on which the observation was made. 



Eyrie No. i.— -April yth, 1912, 3 Pigeons ; Sept. 5th, 



1915, I Red Grouse, i Pigeon ; Oct. 13th, 1915, i Buzzard, 



I Red Grouse, 3 Curlew, i Wood-Pigeon, i Stock-Dove, 



I Snipe, I Pigeon, i Mistle-Thrush, i Lapwing, and i 



Redwing ; April i8th, 1920, i Pigeon. 



No. 2. — x\pril 19th, 1912, I Red Grouse, also remains of 

 Pigeons ; April iSth, 1914, The eggs of this pair had been 

 taken, but the Falcon was still about the place. On the 

 feeding place were the partly eaten remains of the Tiercel 

 Peregrine ; also 1 Pigeon, i Grey Wagtail, i Mistle-Thrush, 

 I Starling, i Lapwing and some Meadow-Pipits. March 

 2ist, 1915, I Lapwing, i Mistle-Thrush ; April 5th, 1915, 



1 Grouse, i Pigeon, i Mistle-Thrush, 2 Starlings, 2 Pied 

 Wagtails, i Chaffinch, and Meadow-Pipits. 



No. 3. — April 20th, 1912, I Lapwing, i Meadow-Pipit, 

 Pigeons ; April 19th, 1914, i Lapwing ; April 24th, 1914, 



2 Pigeons ; April 4th, 1915, 2 Lapwings. 

 No. 4. — Aug. 17th, 1913, Pigeons. 

 No. 5. — April 2nd, 1915, i Pigeon. 



No. 6. — May 5th, 1915, i Pheasant, i Pigeon. 



No. 7. — 1912, I Great Spotted Woodpecker ; April i8th, 



1915, I Sparrow-Hawk, i Lapwing ; April 29th, 1915, 



I Mallard, 2 Pigeons, i Starling. 



I have also on one occasion seen a Carrion-Crow taken, 

 and have a large number of Pigeon rings collected from 

 various eyries in the district. A remarkable feature of the 

 above records is the presence of three species of Raptorial 

 birds — Peregrine, Buzzard and Sparrow-Hawk — which do not 

 seem to have been previously recorded, though Mr. S. P. 

 Gordon once met with remains of a Kestrel. 



In the Isle of Man I have seen Choughs on a feeding place, 

 and for several years I had the Pigeon rings collected for 

 me at one breeding place in Scotland and got as many as 

 F could hold in both hands. 



