44 The Official Guide to the 
Case XXVI. 
the first three shelves are still devoted to the Kestrels, 
amongst them will be recognised our own familiar — 
species; there is also a fine series of Z. newtont 
(Gurney) with eggs. Four beautiful specimens of 
T. caribbearum should be looked for in small Case, 
No. 6. These birds were sent in spirits from the 
West Indies by Sir Edward Newton, and in a glass- 
topped box are the remains of Lizards, &c., which ~ 
formed the contents of their stomachs. Then follow 
the red-footed Falcons (Zry¢hropus), one species of the 
genus has been met with in this county. Polohierax 
sémitorguatus from Namaqua Land, is also an 
Interesting species, remarkable for its small size and 
elegant plumage; and the beautiful series of JZicro- — 
Aterax or Dwarf Falcons, the smallest of the diurnal 
birds of prey, albeit very fierce little fellows, from 
South-Eastern Asia and some of the Islands of the 
Indian Ocean, will certainly attract attention. Zicro- 
hierax melanoleucus, presented by Mr. C. B. Rickett, 
is a recent addition to the collection. The Merlins, 
including our British species, are also in this case. 
Cases XXVII., XXVIII., and XXIX. 
are all occupied by the Falcons, commencing with the 
Hobbies, one species of which is a well-known sum- 
mer visitant to Britain, followed by a magnificent 
series of the Peregrine Falcon and its sub-species, 
inhabitants of almost every part of the world. In this 
fine series, which Mr. Gurney was anxious to make as 
fully representative as possible of the geographical 
distribution and racial varieties of this widely dis- 
tributed Falcon, the New World is represented by 
specimens from Fort Kennedy in the north, to 
Panama and Chili in the south; and in the Eastern 
