214 BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
In this county the old nest of a Raven is often selected 
hv the Peregrine for its eyrie, and should one of the pair of 
b^^be shot i is remarkable how the survivor continues 
to find a fresh mate. If left unmolested this species would 
Sctse! IS it is to be hoped that so fine and game a tad 
may receive the protection to which, under the Wild Birds 
Protection Acts, it is entitled. la^q. "A 
W G Johnstone records the foUowmg m 1853 . A 
rather rare circumstance occurred in the town of Dumfries 
irsrsummer namely a pair of Peregrine Falcons m con- 
fin menTnot only pUuced eggs, but continued to sit on 
theTfor twelve days, the male taking his share of the 
dutv Bemg disturbed by strangers they would not 
S Sain. ■ The eggs were fertile as proved by being broken, 
^'isTe^lrT irXS^uL of the Peregrine Falcon. 
Howard'sWers has written, "under one form or another, 
it is met with almost all over the world, j 
It may perhaps be noted that the male is the Tiercel 
and the female the Falcon, of Falconers ; and it must be 
;rmembered that the species has been erroneously, and 
therefore confusingly, termed the Goshawk. 
THE HOBBY. Falco svbhuteo, Linn«us. 
Has occurred once. 
Sir WilUam Jardine stated in 1838 ^J^^^ .l^^gj^:' 
in the county. Robert Gray states : I Have oeen 
by Mr! George Kirkpatrick that a specimen of the Hobby 
* Naturalist, 1853, Vol. HL, PP- 10^, 107. 
t Man. Brit. Birds, 1899, p. 348. 
X Nat. Lib., 1838, Vol. IX., p. 127. 
