I should refer it with little hesitation to the islandicus [now rustico- 
lus'] variety as above.” 1 
While in the minds of those who have ever seen the specimen 
there has been no doubt, the lapse of time and subsequent interpre- 
tations 2 of the statement quoted made a critical re-examination seem 
desirable. Prof. J. Y. Stanton, in whose collection it still is, gave 
every opportunity to examine it carefully, and with him I am con- 
vinced that Mr. Brown’s identification was correct, and that the 
specimen is decidedly Falco rusticolus. It may be recalled that it 
was taken on Cape Elizabeth, Me., October 13, 1877. 
Prof. Stanton called my attention to the fact that the Black 
Jerfalcon in the collection of Mr. Edw. P. Carman 3 was taken on 
the coast near Portland. On tracing the matter, Mr. Carman has 
given me the following data: “The Jerfalcon, or Eabrador Duck 
Hawk, I shot in the fall at Spurwink, in the woods across the river 
from Spurwink House, a place known as Mitchell’s.” 4 He has 
since added the following: “The Hawk was in a very tall tree and 
seemed very stupid, and when I opened it the stomach and throat KF © 
were full of feathers and flesh. I should have said the Hawk had 
dined upon Wild Pigeon.”'’ As Mr. Carman was away from home, 
he was unable to furnish the date of the capture. 
Hence our local fauna must contain Falco rusticolus , F. r. gyr- 
falco and F. r. obsoletus. It remains to be said that the specimen of 
Falco islandus in the museum of Bates College, once referred to as a 
local specimen, 6 was so referred through a misunderstanding, Prof. 
Stanton assuring me that it was purchased out of the State, and its 
origin is uncertain. 
1 Brown, Proc. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. II, p. 2. 
2 Brewster, Minot’s Band and Game Birds of New Eng., 2nd Ed., p. 479. 
3 Knight, Bull. Univ. of Me., No. 3, p. 64. 
4 Carman, Epist., Jan. 21, 1907. 
5 Carman, Epist., Eeb. 14, 1907. 
6 Norton, Jour. Me. Orn. Soc., Vol. Ill, p. 6. 
2,6 
Mounted Jkrfaucon. 
Captured at Portland, Maine, Dec. 11, 1906. See Description 
by Arthur H. Norton on page 18. 
