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buff, with mesial longitudinal spots of dark brown, fewer on 
the thighs, and represented by bars on the under wins- and 
tail-coverts. 
The full-grown young birds may always be told by the rufous 
margins to the feathers of the upper surface, which become 
whitish on the upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers, the latter 
spotted on the outer web and barred on the inner one with pale 
rufous ; the under surface of the body is whitish, the throat 
unspotted, but all the rest of feathers have longitudinal dark 
brown centres, the markings on the sides of the body being 
broader and more dart-shaped ; cere, eyelid, and feet bluisii 
grey. 
Range in Great Britain. — The Peregrine breeds on many rocky 
parts of the coast of England, and in some places there has 
been a decided increase in the numbers of this noble Bird of 
Prey, so that on the Dover cliffs and in the Isle of Wight in 
the south, as well as the cliffs of Wales and the Flamborougli 
head-lands, the Peregrine Falcon is more in evidence than for- 
merly, to the great delight of the ornithologist. Although in 
many inland parts of England and Wales the species had been 
exterminated, this was never the case in Scotland, and it breeds 
both on the cliffs and in the interior, while it also inhabits the 
rocky islands. In Ireland, according to Mr. R. J. Ussher, the 
species breeds in numerous places all round the rocky co’asis, 
and in the mountain-cliffs of Tyrone, Fermanagh, AV'icklow’ 
Tipperary, Waterford, and Galway. ’ 
Range outside the British Islands.— The Peregrine Falcon is 
found throughout the northern and temperate parts of the Old 
World, and on its winter migrations visits India and Africa. 
Ihe North American Peregrine can scarcely be considered 
to be different from the European bird. In South America 
Africa, and Australia dark resident forms of Peregrine are 
found, all of which may be considered to be distinct races, and 
in the Mediterranean countries another small race, with black 
cheeks, also occurs, viz., F. punicus. Again, in Java, Sumatra 
Borneo, and the Philippines is found a beautifully marked 
form, of very dark, rich colour, called F. entesfi, and the 
Himalaj as have a reddish-breasted form, F, pcTc^TnicitoTt All 
these diffeient laces can be recognised by an experienced eye 
