in the Eastern Atlas . 
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of* peregrinus , auct. Messrs. F. H. Salvin and W. Brodrick, 
in their ' Falconry in the British Isles/ have given a good 
figuie (plate xvii.) of an immature tiercel or male bird; and 
they justly remark (p. 101) that, “although smaller by nearly 
a fourth than the [true] Peregrine, it has the organs of destruc¬ 
tion, such as the beak, feet, and talons, fully as large, united to 
longer and more pointed wings in proportion to its total length 
-in this respect almost rivalling the Hobby." The same 
authors quote from an old work, ‘ The Gentleman's Recreation ' 
[1677], page 208, the following :— 
“The Barbary or, as some call her, the Tartaret Faulcon, is a 
bird seldom found in any country, and is called a Passenger as 
well as the Haggard [F, peregrinus ]. They are somewhat 
lesser than the Tiercel-gentle [F. peregrinus , ], and plumed red 
under the wings, strong-armed, with long talons and stretchers. 
“ The Barbary Faulcon is venturously bold, and you may fly 
her with the Haggard all May and June. They are Hawks very 
slack in mewing at first; but when once they begin, they mew 
their feathers very fast. 
“They are called Barbary Faulcons because they make their 
passage through that country and Tunis, where they are more 
frequently taken than in any other place, namely in the Isles 
of the Levant, Candy, Cyprus, and Rhodes." 
Messrs. Salvin and Brodrick go on to observe, of the subject 
of their plate, “ The specimen in our possession is that of a 
young male, and was killed by an acquaintance in the country 
from w T hick it takes its name. Its length is under 13 inches from 
the beak to the end of the tail; length of wing from shoulder 
to tip 11 inches, with the bill, legs, and feet equal in size to 
those of the male Peregrine. The young female is scarcely to 
be distinguished from the young male Peregrine, except by the 
greater development of these organs of destruction, which equal 
those of the Falcon. The cere in the young bird is blue, and the 
kgs yellow,—similar in this respect also to the Peregrine." 
It may be that M. Temminck's description of his Falco pere- 
grinoides (PI. Col. livr. 81) was taken from one of these birds; if 
so, he has confounded this species with the real F, peregrino'ides 
of Sir Andrew Smith—a South African form,—as well as with 
