95 
Mrs. Steeclman valued this bird very highly, and refused an offer 
of ten guineas for it, but, like many pets, it met with an untimely 
end, being killed by a pointer which had got into the room in 
which it was kept, 
CASE J J. 
All deposited by Mr . Henry Blackmore. 
A. Birds of Prey (Raptores). 
Abbreviations used : — m, male; /, female; a , adult ; y> young; w.p., winter 
'plumage; s.p ., summer plumage . 
1 Gyr Falcon m. 
2 Peregrine ditto/. 
Falco gyrfalco 
Falco peregrinus ... killed at North Ted worth, 
Wilts, July, 1860 
The G-yr and Peregrine were the two Falcons chiefly used for the 
royal sport of Hawking. From Domesday Book we learn that a Gyr 
Falcon was valued at ten pounds, a sum almost equalling three 
hundred pounds in our day, and at so late a period as the reign of 
James I., Sir Thomas Monson is said to have given a thousand 
pounds for a cast (couple) of these Hawks. The Gyr Falcon, 
from its superior strength and courage, was preferred to the 
Peregrine, and it was procured at vast expense from the North of 
Europe. The Peregrine Falcon was obtained in our own country, 
and various legislative enactments were in force to secure it from 
destruction. From its docility the Peregrine was more easily 
trained by the falconer ; the admirable training of a good falcon has 
been thus described. 
“ In the air my noble generous Falcon ascends to such a height 
as the dull eyes of beasts and fish are not able to reach to : their 
bodies are too gross for such elevation ; but from which height I 
can make her to descend by a word from my mouth, which she 
both knows and obeys, to accept meat from my hand, to own me 
for her master, to go home with me, and be willing the next day 
to afford me the like recreation. ” 
3 Hobby ditto m. 
4 Red-footed ditto m. 
5 Ditto /. 
6 Merlin ditto/. 
7 Ditto m. 
8 Kestrel ditto m. 
9 Ditto /. 
10 Goshawk a.m. 
11 Sparrow Hawk m. 
12 Ditto/ 
13 Kite 
14 Swallow-tailed Kite 
15 Common Buzzard 
16 Rough-legged ditto 
17 Honey ditto 
18 Marsh Harrier 
19 Hen ditto/. 
Falco subuteo 
Falco rufipes 
Ditto 
Falco sesalon 
Ditto 
Falco tinnunculus . 
Ditto 
Astur palumbarius 
Accipiter nisus 
Ditto 
Milvus vulgaris 
Naucleru3 furcatus 
Buteo vulgaris 
Buteo lagopus 
Pernis apivorus 
Circus ceruginosus 
Circus cyaneus 
Where Killed. 
Clarendon, Wilts, 1856 
Near Stromness, Orknev, 
Ditto, 1863 [1862 
Near Salisbury, 1861 
Grovely, Wilts, 1853 
Winterslow, Oct., 1863 
Groveley, 1853 
Brook, New Forest, 1854 
