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178. Faico candicans, Gmel. Greenland Falcon. 
In the collection of F. Eaine, Esq., of Durliani, which was 
sold at Steven's auction- rooms in March 1885, there are 
two Greenland falcons from Caithness — one an adult male, 
trapped in the Moss of Freswick on the 3d of May 1876 ; 
the other an immature female, trapped at Berriedale by 
A. M'Ewen, 20th March 1877. 
179. FaIco islandus, Gmel. Iceland Falcon. 
A rare visitant ; but has occurred on two occasions at least — ■ 
once at Sciberscross in 1868. This bird is j)reserved in the 
Dunrobin Museum. It appears, from a single feather ex- 
amined, to have been a bird in its second year's plumage — 
at all events an immature bird of about that age. The 
other was taken at Altnaharrow, in the centre of the county. 
There is a third in the collection of the late Mr. Dunbar of 
Brawl. 
Of this fine bird only two instances are on record as having 
been observed in the county of Caithness. The first is that 
of a specimen seen near Thurso by W. M. E. Milner, Esq., 
M.P., in the year 1847 ; the second is that of one trapped 
at Ousdale two years ago by M'Ewan, the Duke of Port- 
land's keeper at that place (0. MSS., 1868). What became 
of the latter specimen we do not know, as it does not ap- 
pear in the List of the Welbeck Abbey collection, nor in 
Mr. Lewis Dunbar's List. Of the former, the only trace we 
have is an Iceland falcon included in the List of the Milner 
collection, without any remark, whicli List was drawn up 
by Mr. James Wright of Eawcliffe Hall, Selby, for the 
Curators of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.^ 
Mr. Keid mentions that this species has occurred four or 
five times in Caithness, and refers to the B'icld, but gives 
no dates. 
1 Annual Report, 1880-81. Tlie lVIilner collection is now in tlie Museum at 
Leeds. 
