186 Mr. O. Salvin’s Five Months’ Birds’-nesting 
the true F. lanarius of Dr. Schlegel, an adult male of which the 
figure (PI. Col. 479) very much resembles. 
It is probable that the geographical range of this beautiful 
miniature Peregrine is extremely limited; the Atlas, however, 
appears to be its focus. In the Museum at Norwich is an im¬ 
mature specimen, said to come from Western Africa, where, 
however, if it occurs, it is most likely only as a straggler. Mr. 
J. H. Gurney has had three living birds of this species, all nest¬ 
lings brought from Algeria,—two by Mr. Tristram, in 1856, 
and one by Mr. Simpson and myself, in 1857. One of them 
made its escape last autumn; but the other two are still at 
Catton, and seem to be in good health. They all three, as is 
usual with the true Palcons, moulted into the adult plumage 
when about fifteen months old. Of European localities for this 
bird, it would seem, from the concluding sentence in the extract 
above given from the c Gentleman’s Recreation,’ that it has been 
taken in Crete, as well as in the Asiatic islands of Cyprus and 
Rhodes*. It is very possible that it may not be uncommon in 
Spain, especially the interior of the country; and it is pretty 
sure to occur accidentally at Gibraltar, where a good look-out 
should be kept for it. Its small stature, powerful feet and claws, 
and its ruddy under-plumage, will prevent its being taken for 
the common Peregrine by any one to whom these peculiarities 
are known. 
The rediscovery, if it may be so called, of this bird, is another 
most interesting proof of the extreme accuracy of the old writers 
on Falconry; of which the determination of the true Lanner (F. 
lanarius , Schl.), and the separation from it and other allied species 
of the Saker (F. sacer , Schl.), are notable instances. In these 
two latter cases the judgment of Dr. Schlegel is not likely to be 
* The late Mr. W. B. Barker, in his work on Cilicia, says that the Pere¬ 
grine of Mount Taurus is known as the <f Barbary Falcon ” (“ Lares and 
Penates,” p. 297). Now if, as the old writer above quoted says, it is really 
found in Rhodes and Cyprus, this may be the case; but, at the same time, 
it is perhaps more probable that the bird mentioned by Mr. Barker is the 
true Lanner (F. lanarius , Schl.), of the existence of which he does not 
seem to have been aware, since the species he calls the Lanner is the 
Saker (F. sacer , Gm.), as was proved by a living bird he presented to the 
Zoological Society. 
