FALCO. 149 



Genus FALCO Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 88. 

 Type : F. suhhuteo Linn. 



Falco=a, Falcon, in classical Latin: probably cognate with falx=a. sickle, 

 fiecto=l bend etc., from the form of a Hawk's beak. 



Talco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. 



Falco peregrinus Tumtall, Ornith. Brit. 1771, p. 1 : 

 Great Britain. 



Talco communis Gmel. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, p. 376 



(part.). 

 Falco peregrinus Tunst. ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 102 ; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 347. 



Pcrcgn«MS= foreign, because it was always caught a long way off from its 

 nesting-place (Gesner), 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Kesident, breeding 

 on sea-cliffs and inland rocks in suitable localities through- 

 out Great Britain and Ireland. It also occurs in autumn as 

 a passage-migrant. 



General IHstribulion. — The Peregrine Falcon inhabits 

 northern and central Europe and northern Asia, migrating 

 southwards in winter to Africa and India. The birds from 

 north Asia have been recognised as a distinct race. It is 

 represented by allied forms in the Mediterranean countries, 

 Africa, Asia, Australia, and America. 



Falco peregrinus anatum. 



American Peregrine or Duck-Hawk. 



Falco anatum Bonaparte, Geogr. and Comp. List, 1838, 

 p. 4 : New Jersey, U.S.A. 



Falco communis Omel. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, p. 376 



(part.). 

 Falco nigriceps Cass. ; Bidwell, Bull. B. O. C. xxvii. 1911, p. 103. 



, Anatui»,= oi ducks (Duck-Hawk of the United States). 



Distribution in the British Islands.— K Rare Visitor ; it 

 has occurred twice : — near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, 

 Oct. 1891 ; at Humberstone, Lincolnshire, Sept. 1910. 



General Diitribution. — This form of the Peregrine inhabits 



