212 BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
At intervals pairs formerly bred in various counties of 
Enlnd and nests have been recorded in Aberdeenshire 
7nl Rossthire but on account of their rarity persistent 
^rsefuTon has always taken place; with ^^^^^^bS 
Ltion this bird might become rno.e genera^ty distributed 
as a summer-visitor throughout Great Britam. 
THE PEREGRINE FALCON. Falco peregrinus, Tunstall. 
Local names-BLUE Hawk; Hui^woHawk; Game-Hawk; 
Goshawk; Falcon. 
r r'Tse are drean. of youth f^^^^^^.^^^^io Anno." 
out the county. 
., ,1,. umrim ol lie nineMenth cenlory the Pefgrin. 
TT^ f^il at Ipa^^t 1818 a pair of these biras oreu uu 
XTaL ofO wtlh is witL four miles of Dumfries. 
* Dumfries Courier, March 27th, 1818. 
