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  BIRDS. 
  

  

  possession. 
  Dr. 
  Gordon 
  informed 
  us 
  that 
  this 
  bird 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  

   Elgin 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Falco 
  peregrinus, 
  Tunstall. 
  Peregrine 
  Falcon. 
  

  

  The 
  Peregrine 
  is 
  still 
  fairly 
  common 
  in 
  deer-forests, 
  but 
  is 
  shot 
  down 
  

   on 
  every 
  possible 
  occasion 
  on 
  the 
  grouse-moors. 
  From 
  the 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  that 
  are 
  sent 
  in 
  to 
  Macleay's 
  in 
  Inverness 
  to 
  be 
  stuffed, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   wonder 
  the 
  bird 
  holds 
  its 
  own 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  it 
  does. 
  Eesident, 
  but 
  

   scarcer 
  in 
  winter 
  on 
  the 
  higher 
  grounds, 
  many, 
  probably 
  the 
  

   younger 
  birds, 
  coming 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  grounds 
  in 
  the 
  autumn. 
  

   About 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  April 
  or 
  beginning 
  of 
  May 
  the 
  Peregrine 
  1 
  crop 
  ' 
  

   commences 
  to 
  be 
  gathered, 
  judging 
  from 
  the 
  numbers 
  annually 
  

   sent 
  in 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  for 
  preservation 
  to 
  Inverness 
  ; 
  after 
  and 
  

   before 
  that 
  time 
  they 
  are 
  quite 
  scarce. 
  

  

  They 
  still 
  breed, 
  among 
  other 
  places, 
  at 
  Invergarry, 
  and 
  we 
  

   have 
  also 
  seen 
  them 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  Guisachan, 
  evidently 
  nesting 
  in 
  

   1892, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  common 
  in 
  these 
  localities, 
  though 
  they 
  are 
  

   preserved 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  by 
  the 
  proprietors 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  places, 
  

   as 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  in 
  Sutherland. 
  

  

  Peregrines 
  used 
  to 
  breed 
  at 
  Troup 
  Head, 
  on 
  the 
  Banffshire 
  

   coast, 
  and 
  between 
  Burghead 
  and 
  Lossiemouth, 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  

   sea 
  cliffs 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  Isle, 
  but 
  have 
  ceased 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  

   place 
  for 
  many 
  years. 
  It 
  still 
  breeds 
  in 
  the 
  Sluie 
  Rocks 
  on 
  the 
  

   Findhorn, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  done 
  so 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  back. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Gordon 
  says 
  :— 
  * 
  Many 
  specimens 
  have 
  at 
  different 
  times 
  

   been 
  killed 
  at 
  the 
  Falls 
  of 
  Glenlatterach, 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  

   1834-5-6-8, 
  where 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  were 
  annually 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Foljambe' 
  (vide 
  Zoologist, 
  1847). 
  It 
  occurs 
  also 
  along 
  the 
  Covesea 
  

   coast, 
  whence 
  we 
  have 
  seen 
  specimens, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  old 
  site 
  has 
  

   been 
  pointed 
  out 
  to 
  us 
  by 
  Brown 
  of 
  Forres. 
  

  

  The 
  Peregrine 
  is 
  rather 
  uncommon 
  over 
  the 
  lower 
  districts 
  of 
  

   Moray, 
  and 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  Carn 
  districts 
  of 
  Spey 
  and 
  Findhorn. 
  Still, 
  

   if 
  we 
  desired 
  to 
  do 
  so, 
  we 
  could 
  give 
  a 
  goodly 
  list 
  of 
  places 
  where 
  

   they 
  are 
  still 
  found 
  nesting, 
  and 
  quite 
  a 
  long 
  list 
  of 
  rocks 
  where 
  

   formerly 
  they 
  did 
  so. 
  Higher 
  up 
  the 
  country, 
  among 
  the 
  Cairn- 
  

   gorms 
  and 
  Monadhliath 
  mountains, 
  they 
  are 
  still 
  far 
  from 
  un- 
  

   common. 
  The 
  Peregrines 
  still 
  breed 
  annually 
  quite 
  low 
  down 
  in 
  

   the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Findhorn, 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  ancient 
  stronghold, 
  and 
  also 
  

   in 
  the 
  country 
  between 
  Findhorn 
  and 
  Carr 
  Bridge. 
  In 
  Badenoch 
  

  

  