FALCONID&. 347 
THE PEREGRINE FALCON. 
FALco PEREGR{NUS, Tunstall. 
This fine species, she Falcon, par excellence, of those devoted to 
the ancient sport of hawking, is still fairly common throughout our 
islands, and considerable numbers of immature birds, technically 
known as Red or Passage-Hawks, annually occur between autumn 
and spring, especially on the eastern side. From several of its 
former haunts the Peregrine has been banished; but many of 
its eyries may still be found—though some of them are yearly 
robbed—from Kent to Cornwall, and more frequently along the 
coast of Wales ; while in the mountainous districts of the north of 
England these are on inland-rocks as well as in sea-cliffs. In Scotland 
the Peregrine is widely distributed over the mainland and the 
islands, as far as the Shetlands. In suitable localities in Ireland it 
may be considered quite a common bird; and though, as a rule, 
each pair asserts its supremacy over a tolerably wide area, yet eyries 
exist there at no great distance apart. 
To the Feroes the Peregrine is a rare visitor, and it has not been 
