^ THE ZOOLOGIST. 



exleuded wings, across the back to tip of each, 1 in. over 5 ft. ; 

 in the tail 14|^ in., from tip of centre feathers to root, the outer 

 feathers of each side of tail being the longest ; the others 

 graduating in length to the centre, which are the shortest in the 

 tail. The stomach contained a mass of dried grass and two 

 3'ellow berries about the size of peas ; this matter had evidently 

 been swallowed with its natural food, and was in process of being 

 formed into a ball or pellet for the purpose of being ejected. 

 A few days afterwards — namely, on the 7th October — a second 

 specimen, likewise an adult female, was obtained at Winterton, 

 on the Norfolk coast, and also forwarded to me. On looking over 

 my notes for some years back I find an account of an adult male 

 shot at Martham (near Winterton) on December 30th, 1865, and 

 it will not perhaps be amiss to quote a portion of my remarks 

 with reference to its measurements for comparison with those of 

 the specimen last obtained : — In total length it measured 27 in., 

 which is but half an inch longer than the female ; and precisely 

 the same in width across the extended wings and in the length 

 of the centre tail-feathers, the outer feathers projecting 3|- in. 

 beyond those of the centre. The principal difference, however, 

 appeared in the weight, which was 1 lb. 14 oz., or lOj oz. less 

 than the female, although in plump condition. The stomach 

 contained only a few bits of weed and the winglet of a Scoter. 



Peregrine Falcon. — A Falcon in adult plumage was killed 

 on March 7th, 1882, at Bixley, near Norwich, and brought to 

 me by a friend. Although the plumage was perfect, the bird was 

 in poor plight, which suggested that it might be infested with 

 parasitical worms. On skinning and dissecting it, this surmise 

 proved correct, as I found between the intestines and back a 

 small colony of these parasites, consisting of seven or eight 

 individuals, two of the longest measuring as much as 12 in. each 

 in length. On December 29th, 1881, another adult Falcon was 

 sent to me, which had been killed at Pulham St. Mary, near 

 Harleston, and possessed a rufous-tinted breast that reminded 

 me very much of the nearly-allied Falco atriceps found in India, 

 as figured in the ' Ibis ' for 1882 (p. 293), but it wanted the closer 

 barring upon the thighs and under parts of the plumage. It had 

 not quite finished moulting. It weighed 2 lb. 5^ oz. ; total 

 length, 19 in. ; extended wings to tips, 43 in., and 14 in. in the 

 wing from the carpal joint to tip of longest primary. 



