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FALCONID &—continued. 
America. 
Faleo gyrfalco var. labradorus.* 
(Labrador Falcon.) 
Labrador, and the shores of Hudson's 
Bay, migrating southwards. (Baird, 
Brewer, and Ridgway.) 
Aud. 
Falco feldeggii var. polyagrus.* Cass. 
Western North America, east to Illinois, 
California, and Texas. 
The American bird is darker than the 
European, with the mustache more 
distinet, but with the tail bands less 
so. The southern form Var. mexicanus 
is almost identical with Var. jugger of 
Asia, (Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway.) 
Falco peregrinus var. anatum.* 
Falco anatum. Bp. 
Greenland and the whole of North 
America—from Hudson’s Bay south- 
ward to the Argentine Republic in 
South America. Differs from the 
European bird by the stripes on the 
jugulum being faint or absent. 
(Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway.) 
Pandion haliaétus.* (.) Lesson. 
The whole of North America. 
The American bird is said to be slightly 
larger than the European, and lighter 
on the breast; and the variety 
carolinensis has been claimed for it. 
(Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway.) 
The whole of South America. (Sclater 
and Salvin.) 
Nauclerus furcatus.* Linn. (Swallow- 
tailed Kite.) 
Southern North America, extending 
north along the Mississippi valley to 
Minnessota and Wisconsin. (Baird, 
Brewer, and Ridgway.) 
Circus cyaneus var. hudsonius.* 
Ridgway. 
All North America. 
Mexico, Central America, and Panama. 
(Sclater and Salvin.) 
Compared to the European bird this 
variety has ‘the upper parts darker 
and more of a brownish ashy gray, 
(L.) 
Europe. 
Falco feldeggii.* Schlegel. (Lanner Falcon.) 
Southern Europe, east to Asia Minor ; 
breedsin Spain. Not found in France, 
Germany, or Holland. 
North Africa, where the Arabs use it as 
a falcon. (Dresser.) 
Falco peregrinus.* Gm. (Peregrine Falcon.) 
Throughout Europe, except Iceland and 
Spitzbergen ; across Siberia to Japan, 
and southward through China to 
Manilla. Borneo, Sumatra, Java, 
North-western India, Persia, and 
Palestine. Egypt to Abyssinia ; 
Mozambique, South Africa. The 
Canaries. (Newton's Yarrell.) 
Pandion haliaétus.* (L.) Lesson. (Osprey) 
Europe generally, and south in Africa as 
far as the forest extends. Asia gener- 
ally. New Zealand, and some of 
the Pacific Islands. (Dresser. ) 
Nauclerus furcalus. 
According to Mr. Hasting’s handbook, 
one occurred at Ballachulich, Argyle- 
shire, 1772. (Yarrell, Hist. Brit. 
Birds, Vol. I., p. 85.) 
One at Shaw Gill, near Hawes, Wens- 
leydale, 6th Sept., 1805. (Yarrell, l.c.) 
One at Farnham, Surrey, summer of 
1833. (Holme, Zool., 1856, p. 5042.) 
One in Eskdale, Cumberland, April, 
1853. (Robson, Zool., 1854, pp. 4166 
and 4406.) 
One on the Mersey, June, 18438. (The 
Field, 22 June, 1861.) 
Circus cyaneus.* Linn. (Hen Harrier.) 
Europe generally. From Finmark and 
Lapland southward into North Africa, 
and eastward to China and Japan. 
Schlegel refers the Japanese birds to 
Var. hudsonius, but there is a specimen 
of C. cyaneus in the Norwich museum 
from Japan. (Dresser.) 
