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Mr. J. A. Bucknill on the 
a M aPpo/uln ” which he uses—to F. pereyrinus , though 
Sibthorp speaks of his bird as having a “ blue tail.” It is 
impossible to say with much confidence what Sibthorp 
meant, but <e blue tail ” and “ M afipopLUTb” seem to me to fit 
better La Marmora’s Falcon. The Peregrine was not met 
with by Lord Lilford, but Guillemard makes several 
references to it in his ‘ Ibis 5 articles ; he bought a live female 
in the plumage of the first year in the Famagusta bazaar at the 
end of February, 1888, shot an adult of the same sex on March 
the 21st, near the same locality, and found two pairs—pre¬ 
sumably nesting—in early May, near the ruins of St. Hilarion 
Castle on the Kyrenia range. Lord Lilford, however, thought 
that F. pereyrinus was only a winter visitor, and that F.punicus 
would be found to be the form of Peregrine breeding 
in Cyprus. None of us have as yet succeeded in obtaining 
a specimen of either species, and at present, therefore, I am 
not in a position to comment confidently on Lord Lilford’s 
suggestion. A Peregrine—whichever it may be—is by no 
means uncommon; I have frequently seen it on Troodos in the 
summer, and when shooting at Papho in September, 1908, 
Mr. T. Greenwood and I were “ waited on” persistently by 
a pair, which in one day took from the former no less than 
three wounded Turtle-doves. In that district they prey, no 
doubt, chiefly on the large flocks of Rock-doves which dwell 
in the southern cliffs, and I have seen the Peregrines swoop 
and strike as the doves wound down in a straggling stream 
to the sesame and bean fields. During this September I 
should say I saw in the Papho neighbourhood, quite a 
dozen Peregrines. Horsbrugh and I found a pair, evidently 
nesting, in the precipice below the ruins of Buffavento, but 
the spot where we thought their eyrie w T as situated was 
hopelessly inacessible. 
765. Falco punicus Levaill. 
Lord Lilford saw a single bird near Salamis on the 1st of 
May, 1875, which he w T as sure was the Lesser Peregrine. As 
mentioned above he w r as of the opinion that it was probable 
that this species nested in the island, and that the typical 
