284 INDEX-CATALOGTJE OP THE BIEDS 



Case 



36. Saker Falcon. Falco gyrfalco, Linn. 



Var. Sacer, Erisson. 



No, 1 (left). Female in first plumage. 



Bemark.^Canght in the rigging of a ship crossing the 

 Mediterranean between Alexandria and Candia, Jan., 1845. 

 Received this bird alive. J. H. 



No. 2 (right). Mature female. 



Hungary. 

 Presented to J. Hancock by A. Cochrane, Esq. 

 No. 3 (centre). Youi^g in the down. 



Hungary, 1847. 



Received March, 1849. 



Hemark. — These specimens are placed in the collection 

 only to show the Eastern form of the four large, true 

 Falcons. 



37. Peregrine Falcon. Falco peregrinus, Gmelin 



ex Brisson. 



No. 1 (left). Mathee female. 



Shot by Charles St. John, Esq., at Gordons- 

 town, Moray, April 22nd, 1851. 

 ,, 2 (right). Mature male. 



Shot on the same day and place as the 

 female by Charles St. John, Esq. 



38. Peregrine Falcon. 



No. 1 (left). Mature male. Dark complexion. 

 Caught at sea, 18136. 

 ,, 2 (left centre). Mature female. 



Scotland, 1852. Shewing the coloration of the 

 East Indian so called i^. j»ere^rm«/o?-. 

 ,, 3 (right). Mature male. 



South-east Coast of Scotland, 1842. 

 Remark. — This was a trained bird, in the possession of 

 Joliu Htmcock from Jan., 1844, until Dec, 1845, when it 

 was shot by mistake. 



