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Falco candicans, Gin.— Male shot 7th of May. Iris brownish 

 black, bill and feet light bluish white. In its stomach were found 

 three small birds' bills, feathers, and bones. On the 9th April 

 we saw the first Iceland Falcon, which dropped on to the Snow 

 Buntings in front of our station. Three appeared at once on the 

 same day ; we fired at them without killing any. Wind blew on 

 this day from S.E. with great strength. On the 7th of May 

 I shot a Falcon, which was unfortunately very dirty. These 

 birds now appeared oftener at the station. On the 10th of 

 May another Falcon appeared, and, although we received him 

 with two shots, and although he lost his right " flag-feather," he 

 appeared two hours later, being recognisable by this defect. A 

 volley received him at thirty yards, when he flew away, but 

 came again twice the same day. May 11th: The Falcon was 

 here again. 



The Burgomaster Gulls [Larus glaucus], which, in the spring, 

 visit their breeding-places on the bird-hills, always attack the 

 Falcons, and, after a long fight in the air, force them to beat a 

 retreat. 



In May and June the Falcons appeared pretty often at the 

 station, where they helped themselves to the Snow Buntings, 

 which we attracted to the station by scattering food. With 

 the disappearance of the Snow Buntings the Falcons also 

 left the island. The example procured is very similar to the 

 specimen figured in Naumann's * Birds of Germany,' Appendix, 

 plate 390, fig. 1 ; but on the back and wing-coverts the spots are 

 a little larger. [From the geographical position of Jan Mayen 

 it is probable that both the Greenland and Iceland Falcons visit 

 the island. The bird obtained belonged to the former species. — 

 W. E, C] 



Falco peregrinus, Gm., Peregrine Falcon. — Early on April 

 the 6th a Peregrine swooped down upon the Buntings at the 

 station. Before I returned with my gun he had already got off 

 with his prey. Another Peregrine appeared at the station on 

 April 25th. The Imperial Museum in Vienna possesses a Pere- 

 grine which came from the south portion of Novaya Zemlya, 

 captured during the northern journey of Count Hanus Wilczek, 

 in 1872. [The occurrence of this species in Jan Mayen is 

 interesting, for it is usually believed not to have occurred in 

 Iceland. In 1884, when in Iceland with Mr. Backhouse, we had 



