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Its boldness and persistence in pursuit of its prey here, 
as over Britain generally, often bring it into notice. Mr. 
Crellin found that a pair nesting in trees close to his house 
fed their young largely on Blackbirds ; among the remains 
there were none of Chickens or Ducklings. In the house of 
Mr. F. Stowell at Castletown is a stuffed specimen which 
was caught in his back kitchen, together with a Lark which 
it had pursued through the open door, a passage, and the 
front kitchen. 
The species is common over Britain and Ireland, and is 
familiar all round the Irish Sea. At the Mull of Galloway 
it was said to breed in cliffs. Itis doubtful if it occurs in 
the treeless Outer Hebrides and Shetlands, but is probably 
really present in Orkney. 
HIEROFALCO CANDICANS (J. F. Gmelin). 
GREENLAND FALCON. 
On 8th April 1884 the only known Manx specimen of 
any of the forms of the Gyrfalcon was shot by a game- 
keeper on Douglas Head. It was first erroneously recorded 
as F. islandus, and passed into the possession of the late 
Dr. Okell, of Douglas. It is a handsome specimen, the tail 
entirely white, and the under plumage almost completely 
so, with a few dark flecks only on the breast and flanks. 
The beak and feet are now (1905) pale dull yellow. 
Mr. Kermode remarks (Y. LZ. M., iii. 529): ‘It had been 
seen at Ballaglass, Maughold, by Mr. Haslam, and at Bradda 
Head and elsewhere. It carried off a Fantail Pigeon from 
a house in the Crescent, Douglas ; was seen hawking Rooks 
on Douglas Head; and a day or two before being shot 
struck one, which fell in a field close by the gamekeeper 
