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A PEACTICAL HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Order ACCIPITRES 



Family FALCONLDJE 



Genus FALCO Linnaeus 



242. Falco rusticolus rusticolus L. 



The Gyr- Falcon. 



243. Falco rusticolus islandus Brunn. 



The Iceland Falcon. 



244. Falco rusticolus candicans Gm. 



The Greenland Falcon. 



245. Falco peregrinus peregrinus Tunst. 



The Peregrine Falcon. 



246. Falco peregrinus anatum Bp. 



The North American Peregrine. 



247. Falco subbuteo subbuteo L. 



The Hobby. 



248. Falco columbarius oesalon Tunst. 

 The Merlin. 



249. Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus L. 



The Kestrel. 



250. Falco naumanni naumanni Fleisch, 



The Lesser Kestrel. 



251. Falco vespeHiniis vespertinus L. 



The Red-footed Falcon. 



Two, or four, England 



Rare vagrant 



Irregular winter-visitor, chiefly 

 Scotland and Ireland 



Resident, breeds : also passage - 

 migrant .... 



Two, England 



Summer-visitor, breeds locally 

 s. England, very occasionally 

 Midlands, exceptionally to 

 Yorks. : rare vagrant elsewhere 

 (has bred Scotland) 



Resident, breeds Exmoor, Wales, 

 Pennines northwards and Ire- 

 land ; also passage-migrant 



Resident, breeds : also passage- 

 migrant .... 



Very rare vagrant . 



Rare vagrant 



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Family AQUILID^E 



Genus AQUILA Brisson 

 252. Aquila chrysaetus chrysaetus (L.) 

 The Golden Eagle. 



253. Aquila clanga Pall. 



The Spotted Eagle. 



Resident, breeds Highlands, I. 

 and O. Hebrides, elsewhere very 

 rare vagrant (bred recently s.w. 

 Scotland) : until recently bred 

 Ireland .... 



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Genus BUTEO Lacepede 



254. Buteo lagopus lagopus (Brunn.) 



The Rough-legged Buzzard. 



255. Buteo buteo buteo (L.) 



The Common Buzzard. 



256. Buteo buteo vulpinus Gloger 

 The Steppe-Buzzard. 



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Irregular winter-visitor, period- 

 ically considerable numbers . 138 



Resident, breeds w. England, 

 Wales, Scotland, not Orkneys, 

 Shetlands, O. Hebrides, Ireland: 

 migrant e. coast G. Britain . 141 



One, England. . . .145 



