. The feathered tribes of the British Islands . andthe flocks weak, and the crows and ravens prowl about blind-ing and torturing, the jer-falcon may be of considerable serviceto the shepherd. Though the distance from Iceland to those parts of Scot-land and the isles where the jer-falcon is seen be about fivehundred miles, that is merely a morning journey for the bird,from which it can easily return the same evening. Its flighton long journeys is not so well ascertained, and probably notso swift, as that of the peregrine ; but still it is certainlymore than one hundred miles an hour; so that th
. The feathered tribes of the British Islands . andthe flocks weak, and the crows and ravens prowl about blind-ing and torturing, the jer-falcon may be of considerable serviceto the shepherd. Though the distance from Iceland to those parts of Scot-land and the isles where the jer-falcon is seen be about fivehundred miles, that is merely a morning journey for the bird,from which it can easily return the same evening. Its flighton long journeys is not so well ascertained, and probably notso swift, as that of the peregrine ; but still it is certainlymore than one hundred miles an hour; so that the bird caneasily leave Iceland in the morning, dine and take its siesta inSutherland or Ross, and return to Iceland before night. Like the golden eagle, the jer-falcon is found only in thewilds, and therefore its habits in a state of nature are muchless known than those of many of the tribe. In those parts ofScotland where it is most likely to be seen, it is difficult to saywhether you would have Ionizer to wait for a fair day or THE PEREGRINE FALCON. 83 The jer-falcon is a large, strong, and rather weighty hird,very close and thick in its plumage, and altogether perhapsthe most compact of the hirds of prey. Its length is abouttwenty inches, the stretch of its wings nearly four feet, andits weight at least two pounds. The colour is very muchlike that of the lichens on its native rocks—white, dull grey,and dusky. The neck, breast, belly, and long feathers on thelegs are white, with dusky lines on the neck and breast, andsimilar lines, interspersed with arrow point spots, on the otherparts below. The back and wings are dusky, the feathersmargined with greyish white and having large spots of thesame colour. The tail, which consists of twelve round-pointed feathers, and is rather long, is darker grey, with blackshafts to the feathers, and about twelve regular dusky feet, cere, and naked space round the eyes are bluish yellow,in the mature bird, and inclinin
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