103 FALCONID^. 



Hierofalco islandus. Icelai^d Falcon. 

 Pal CO islandus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 371 (1788). 



Talco islandus, Naum. xiii. p. 33 ; Newton, i. p. 46 ; Gould, i. 



pi. 11 ; Dresser, vi. p. 35. 

 Palco gyrfalco (iu part),ilfac^. iii. p. 384; Gray,^. 10; Yarr. 



ed. 3, i. p. 31 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 36. 

 Falco islandicus, Hewitson, p. 33 ; Harting, p. 86. 

 Gyr-Falcon, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 36 (in part). 

 Islandus = of Iceland. 



Resident in Iceland ; in Great Britain it is only known as 

 a scarce and occasional visitant. 



Genus FALCO, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 134 (1766). 



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

 Jlecto = I bend, &c., from the idea of being bent like a Hawk's beak. 



Falco peregrinus. Peeegeine Falcon. 

 Falco Peregrinus, Tunstall, Ornith. Brit. p. 1 (1771). 



Falco peregrinus, Naum. i. p. 385 ; Macg. iii. p. 394 ; Hewit- 

 son, p. 34; Gray, p. 11 ; Yarr. ed. 3, i. p. 37 ; id. ed. 3, 

 i. p. 43; Newton, i. p. 53; Gould, i. pi. 17; Harting, 

 p. 4; Dresser, vi. p. 31. 



Peregrine Falcon, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 33. 



Peregrinus = foreign, because it was always caught a long way from its 

 nesting-place (Gesner). 



An almost cosmopolitan species. A resident throughout 

 the British Islands, but now growing scarce, and nearly con- 

 fined to cliffs on the sea-coasts. 



Falco subbuteo. Hobby. 



Falco Subbuteo, Linnmts, S. N. i. p. 137 (1766). 

 Palco subbuteo, Naum. i. p. 396 ; Macg. iii. p. 309 ; Hewitson, 



p. 36 ; Yarr. ed. 3, i. p. 45 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 53 ; Newton, i. 



p. 65 ; Gould, i. pi. 18; Harting, p. 4 ; Dresser, vi. p. 69. 

 Hypotriorchis subbuteo. Gray, p. 13. 

 Hobby, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 40. 



