specific identity. As I have never visited Iceland, I 

 can say nothing from personal experience of the habits 

 of this Falcon in a wild state, but I have heard much 

 about them from various persons who have observed 

 them closely in their home, especially from the late 

 Mr. Proctor, of Durham, who, if I recollect rightly, paid 

 several visits to Iceland for bird-collecting purposes. 

 Prom these accounts it seems that the " Icelander " 

 closely resembles the Peregrine in its breeding-habits 

 and general manner of life. The nest is placed on the 

 ledges of cliffs and is more bulky than an average 

 Peregrine's nursery, being composed of twigs of willow 

 and dead sticks, and lined with wool. Sea-fowl and 

 Waders form the principal diet of this Falcon, but a 

 friend who visited Iceland many years ago, and presented 

 me with a very fine skin of the present species, told me 

 that the Ptarmigan also suffer severely from the atten- 

 tions of our bird, who picks them up from the ground 

 more often than she takes them on wing. I do not 

 gather from my informant that the Falcon is by any 

 means specially addicted to the coasts for breeding or 

 other purposes, but this inference is probably due to 

 the fact that my information is derived from summer 

 visitors to Iceland. From a falconer's point of view, I 

 have had but very slight acquaintance with the Iceland 

 Falcon, and am not inclined to rate her highly, but it 

 must be borne in mind that all the birds of this species 

 trained in this country have necessarily had the great 

 disadvantage of a sea-passage, and in many instances 

 have arrived so much damaged in plumage that they 

 could not be put on wing till after the first moult; 



