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Cat. B. Brit. 3fus. p. 50. Hod^s,, Cat. of Xep. B. 
p. 44. Blijth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 13. 
Falco communis, Briss. apud Bonap., Consp. G. Av. p. 23. 
Peregrine Falcon, Lath. 
Bhyree (female), Bhyree-bacha (male), Hind., Jerd. 
Eaja Wali, of the Malays, Baffles. 
SiKAP Lang, of the Sumatrans, Baffles. 
Laki Angih", of the Passummalis, Baffles. 
A. B. Bengal. Presented by General Hardwicke. 
c. d. Calcutta. Presented by the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal. 
e. f. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
g. Drawing. Sumatra. Presented by Sir T. S. Raffles. 
h. Drawing. From Dr. F. (B.) Hamilton's Collection. 
" The Bhyree is found even in the hottest parts of the Peninsula. 
I obtained one alive at Trichinopoly, which was said to have fallen 
into a tank. Many are yearly captured about Eamnad and also in 
the Northern Circars. I shot a specimen on some rocks in the Sea 
of Tellicherry at the end of April, and it is tolerably abundant in the 
more northern parts of the Deccan, as near Jaulnah, occasionally 
coming into cantonment, and carrying off chickens, &c. Walter 
Elliot, Esq., in his ' Notes,' says, * It is migratory, appearing on the 
eastern shores of the Peninsula in September or October, and re- 
maining till March or April, when it disappears for the purpose of 
breeding and moulting.' Grreat numbers are caught every year in 
the Northern Circars by a caste named Yerklees, and sold to the 
falconers of Hyderabad, Kurnool, &c., at an average of ten rupees 
each. The falconers distinguish three kinds, the black, the red, and 
the white, according to the shades in their plumage. The Bhyree 
affects, in general, open country, rocky hills, and deep valleys where 
brushwood abounds ; also frequents tanks, and preys much on paddy- 
birds, ducks, and water-fowl. It is more esteemed for its courage 
and powers of flight than either of the other two large falcons found 
in this country." — (Jerdon, Madr. J. L. S. X. p. 23.) 
Sir T. Stamford Eaffles states, " this Falcon is in high estimation 
among the Malays, who consider it as the prince of birds, and have 
frequent allusions to it in their poetry." — (Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 
p. 278.) 
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