﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

  131 
  

  

  — 
  a 
  male 
  — 
  at 
  Urie, 
  on 
  the 
  24th 
  ; 
  all 
  three 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  

   writer. 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Mutch 
  at 
  Pitfour, 
  17th 
  

   July, 
  1897, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  that 
  gentleman's 
  collection. 
  A 
  bird 
  

   of 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  killed 
  near 
  the 
  Home 
  Farm 
  of 
  Kinmundy, 
  

   September 
  15th, 
  1898, 
  and 
  sent 
  for 
  preservation 
  to 
  Mr. 
  

   M'Boyle, 
  Peterhead, 
  in 
  whose 
  hands 
  I 
  saw 
  it. 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  

   at 
  Port-Erroll, 
  September 
  23rd 
  ; 
  and 
  another 
  at 
  Ardlethen, 
  

   September 
  30th, 
  1901 
  ; 
  and 
  one 
  was 
  killed 
  by 
  Lord 
  Carnegie 
  at 
  

   Crimonmogate, 
  September 
  25th, 
  1902 
  ; 
  all 
  being 
  sent 
  to 
  me. 
  

   Another 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Fyvie, 
  June 
  21st, 
  1902, 
  and 
  was 
  pre- 
  

   served 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Sim, 
  Fyvie. 
  

  

  Although 
  nothing 
  positive 
  can 
  be 
  stated 
  regarding 
  the 
  

   frequency 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  breeding 
  in 
  Scotland, 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  

   from 
  the 
  foregoing 
  that 
  possibly 
  it 
  does 
  so 
  more 
  often 
  than 
  

   is 
  generally 
  supposed. 
  Yet 
  there 
  seems 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  

   bird 
  is 
  most 
  frequently 
  seen 
  and 
  obtained 
  during 
  autumnal 
  

   migration. 
  

  

  Genus 
  HIEROFALCO, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Hierofalco 
  islandus, 
  Gmelin. 
  Iceland 
  Falcon. 
  

  

  Pennant 
  states, 
  in 
  his 
  British 
  Zoology, 
  vol. 
  i., 
  p. 
  218 
  : 
  " 
  It 
  

   inhabits 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Scotland 
  — 
  our 
  specimen 
  was 
  shot 
  near 
  

   Aberdeen." 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  near 
  Fraserburgh 
  in 
  March, 
  1871, 
  

   by 
  A. 
  M. 
  Ross, 
  Esq., 
  G.N.S. 
  Ely. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  records 
  

   within 
  the 
  confines 
  of 
  " 
  Dee." 
  

  

  Genus 
  FALCO, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Falco 
  peregrinus, 
  Tunstall. 
  " 
  Peregrine 
  Falcon." 
  "Hunting 
  

   Hawk." 
  ' 
  Blue 
  Hawk." 
  " 
  Blue-sleeves." 
  

  

  This 
  fine 
  bird 
  is 
  doomed 
  to 
  early 
  extinction, 
  for 
  wherever 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  keeper 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  gun 
  or 
  capable 
  of 
  setting 
  the 
  

   barbarous 
  pole-trap, 
  there 
  the 
  Hunting 
  Hawk 
  is 
  sure 
  to 
  meet 
  

   with 
  an 
  untimely 
  end 
  ; 
  and 
  indeed 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  keeper 
  alone 
  

   whose 
  hand 
  is 
  raised 
  against 
  it. 
  Every 
  "gunner" 
  has 
  his 
  

   eye 
  upon 
  it, 
  and 
  no 
  opportunity 
  is 
  allowed 
  to 
  slip 
  where 
  the 
  

   sportsman 
  (?) 
  can 
  bag 
  a 
  hawk, 
  and 
  thereby 
  add 
  additional 
  

   lustre 
  to 
  his 
  hunting 
  achievements. 
  Not 
  a 
  thought 
  seems 
  

   ever 
  to 
  rise 
  in 
  the 
  minds 
  of 
  those 
  people 
  that 
  there 
  may 
  after 
  

   all 
  be 
  some 
  use 
  in 
  these 
  birds 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  

  

  