PEREGRINE FALCON. 1 3 



exact locality in the interest of the birds. 



I have been informed of a pair which have this year (1879) 

 reared their young in safety in the Cleveland Hills, but my in- 

 formant supplied the information on condition that the locality 

 be nameless. 



As an autumn and winter visitant the Peregrine is most fre- 

 quent on the coast, but it also occurs inland, visiting all parts of 

 the county, so that an enumeration of the occurrences would be 

 unnecessary and tedious. 



These immigrants are mostly birds in immature plumage. 

 Mr. John Cordeaux in a letter to me mentions this and other 

 species as regular autumn and winter visitors, and further says '• in 

 the majority of cases, however, these autumn immigrants amongst 

 the Falconidae leave the district (Holderness) before the advent of 

 the winter season." 



An interesting anecdote related of this species at Flam- 

 borough by Mr. M. Bailey of that place appeared in Land 

 and Water (1877, p. 306). I quote Mr. Bailey's words: — 



"Being on a cruise at sea on March 31st, I saw 



something that might be interesting to you, that of a fine Pere- 

 grine Falcon hawking after sea birds. It was amusing to see him 

 dart at the Guillemots as they sat or floated on the sea. The 

 moment the hawk made a dash at his prey, to his great dis- 

 appointment, under water went the Guillemot. I watched him for 

 fifteen or twenty minutes, but he never once appeared to touch 

 the water. I was speaking of this to the master of a fishing yawl, 

 who told me that, only a few days previously, when some miles 

 distant from land, he observed a Blackbird chased by a Peregrine 

 Falcon. It was so closely pursued by the Falcon that it took shelter 

 on board the yawl." 



A very fine mature female which Mr. W. W. Boulton (Zoo- 

 logist, 1864, p. 9209) dissected, contained the remains of a Rock 

 Pigeon, including, amongst other portions, one entire foot and 

 shank and a few feathers. 



