no 
JER FALCON. 
It is equally so in Ireland, the MSS. of the late 
John Templeton record a single specimen, and a 
letter addressed to Mr Thompson of Belfast, so 
late as February, 1837, from J. Stewart, Esq. 
mentions a specimen killed in a rabbit warren 
close to Dunfanaghy. It is truly a northern 
and maritime species — maritime most probably 
from the abundance of food which is generally 
found around the rocky shores of its principal 
range, the breeding resort of numberless sea fowl. 
The manners, flight, and cry, approach very 
closely to those of the Peregrine, it is even a more 
daring bird, and like it delights to have its eyerie 
on some precipitous cliff overhanging the sea. 
The nest, according to Mr Audubon, is composed 
of sticks, sea-weeds, and mosses, but the eggs 
seem not yet authentically known, though we 
have some descriptions of them as resembling 
those of the Ptarmigan.* When approaching the 
nest, it becomes very clamorous, descending on 
the aggressor in sudden swoops. Dr Richardson 
writes, “ A pair of these birds attacked me as I 
was climbing in the vicinity of their nest, built 
on a lofty precipice, on the borders of Point Lake. 
They flew in circles, uttering loud cries and harsh 
* Mr Yarrell mentions that two specimens of eggs in his 
collection, “ believed to belong to this species,” are 
“ mottled all over with a pale reddish brown on a dull 
white ground.” — Brit. Birds, p. 28. 
