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THE PEREGRINE FALCON, 
Falco peregrinus Linnaeus. 
PLATE IV. 
Falco peregrinus, Auctorum. — Faucon pell'erin, Tcmm. 
i. 22 Peregrine, or Peregrine Falcon, of Brit. 
authors. — Great-footed Hawk, Wilson, N. A. Ornithol, 
ix. p. 120 (F. Barbarus, and Tartarian Falcon, of 
Latham, often placed in the synonimes of this bird, me 
very questionable.) — Provincially named, Duck Hawk, 
Blue Hawk, Game Hawk, Cliff Hawk. 
The Peregrine is one of the strongest and 
most beautifully formed birds of its section. It is 
hardly so long in form as the Jer Falcon, nor does 
it weigh so heavily ; but the male Peregrine, 
when in high plumage and condition, exhibits a 
compact muscularity of shape, and an open and 
bold expression, which approach closely to our 
idea of the symmetry of a bird, formed in all its 
proportions for swift pursuit and rapine. 
The Peregrine, though not common, nor of 
very equal distribution over the country, can 
scarcely be called a rare bird : in several favour- 
able districts it is even frequent. In the rich low 
lying lands of England, it is only met with as a. 
