2 BIcssrs. SiiEPPARD oHC? Whitear's Catalogue 



evinces in its autlior a more extensive and accurate acquaint- 

 ance with the birds of Euro} e, than any other that has been 

 hitherto published. 



Genus I. Falco. 



1. F. IslainUcHS (Jerfalcon). 



Several years since, a beautiful specimen of the Jerfalcon was 

 shot on Bungay common ; and being only slightly wounded in 

 the pinion, it lived for some time in the possession of John 

 Cooper, Esq. of that place. 



2. F. pcrcgriinis (Peregrine Falcon). 



Mr. Hoy, of Iligham in Suffolk, trapped two of these birds, 

 and has seen others at that place. He catches them by fastening 

 baited steel traps, covered with moss, on the top of a high tree, 

 upon which he has observed them to be fond of perching. 



The Peregrine Falcon visits the warren at Beechamwell, on 

 the estate of John Motteux, Esq., in autumn, and continues 

 there during the winter. A pair of these birds bred many years 

 successively in the cliffs at Hunstanton in Norfolk, though con- 

 stantly deprived of their young, which were taken and trained 

 to falconry by Mr. Downes of Gunton ; but during the three 

 last years they have ceased to build there. 



3. F. Subbitfco (Hobby). 



4. F. TEsalon (Merlin). 



5. F. Tinminculns (Kestril, Wind-hover, Hover Hawk). 



The stomach of a Kestril killed late in the year was filled with 

 grubs. 



Tiie Rev. Joseph Harrison has employed with success the fol- 

 lowing method of taking the Kestril. — A white napkin was 



spread 



