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Sub-family FALCONIN 4. 
Genus FALco, Linn. 
80. Falco communis,Gm. Peregrine Falcon; Duck-Hawk. 
Falco communis, Gm., Lath., Dand., Savi., Wils., Less., Schl., Bp. 
Falco peregrinus, Ord., Sab., Rich., Bp., James, Woodh., Gir., Gray. 
Falco orientalis, Gim., Lath., Daud. 
Falco melanogenys, Gould, Gray, Bp., Kaup, Strick. 
Falco anatum, Bp., Gosse, Cass., Brewer, Bd., Cab., Newt., Allen, Coues, Dall 
& Bann. Coop., and most late American writers. 
Falco nigriceps, Cass., Strickl., Coop. & Suck., Gray, Coop. 
Length, 15 to 20 inches; wing, 14 to 15; tail, 7 to 8. 
Hab.—Nearly cosmopolitan, var. communis from most parts of the 
Old World, var. melanogenys from Australia and Java, var. anatum gen- 
erally distributed in America. (Coues.) 
This bird, which Bonaparte separated from the European *‘ communis” 
or ‘‘peregrinus,” under the name “anatum,” has now been restored, on 
the authority of Schlegel and other distinguished ornithologists, to its 
original position. It is a rare visitor to Bermuda. One was killed in 
1846 by Dr. Cole, Twentieth Regiment. Another was wounded and 
taken alive by a colored man on the Ist February, 1850, and presented 
to Mr. Hurdis, who kept it for several months. <A third was also cap- 
tured, after a revolving gale, at the dockyard. I never saw this grand 
bird alive while I was quartered in the islands, but I examined a speci- 
men in Mr. Bartram’s collection, and another, in the flesh, shot by Lieu- 
tenant Tallents, Twentieth Regiment, at Penniston’s Pond, on the 10th 
October, 1874. Mr. Bartram informs me that a pair were shot by a man 
named Hollis in October, 1875; the male was killed, but the female, 
being only winged, was kept alive by Mr. Bartram till the end of March, 
1877. 
81. Falco columbarius, Linn. Pigeon Hawk. 
Falco columbarius, Linn., Forst.,Gm., Lath., Daud., Cuv., Wils., Jard., Brewer, 
Bp., Nutt., Less., Sw. & Rich., Sw., Aud., Gir., Coop. & Suck., Coop., Ridg., 
Allen, Coues. 
Falco (Hypotriorchis) columbarius, of many authors, Cass. 
Tinnunculus columbaris, Vieil. 
Nisus columbarius, Cuv. 
Astur columbarius, Boie. 
Hypotriorchis columbarius, Gray, Bp., Woodh., Cass., Brewer, Heerm., Dress., 
Coues, Dall & Baun., Lawr. 
4Bsalon columbarius, Kaup, Gray. 
Falco (Aisalon) lithofalco, var. columbarius, Ridg., B. B. & R. 
Falco intermistus, Daud., Lath. 
Falco temerarius, Aud., Nutt. 
