. An illustrated manual of British birds . THE .ksalon, Tunstall. The Merlin, the least of the British Falcons, breeds annually onour moorlands; and though these are few and restricted in thesouth, there can be little doubt that a few pairs nest on Exmoor,while in many parts of Wales its nest has often been Derbyshire it is generally distributed, in suitable localities,up to the Shetlands, where it is common ; and in Ireland it istolerably frequent in the mountainous districts. In autumn itdescends to the low grounds, bays and coasts, where Snipe, Dunlinsand other wad
. An illustrated manual of British birds . THE .ksalon, Tunstall. The Merlin, the least of the British Falcons, breeds annually onour moorlands; and though these are few and restricted in thesouth, there can be little doubt that a few pairs nest on Exmoor,while in many parts of Wales its nest has often been Derbyshire it is generally distributed, in suitable localities,up to the Shetlands, where it is common ; and in Ireland it istolerably frequent in the mountainous districts. In autumn itdescends to the low grounds, bays and coasts, where Snipe, Dunlinsand other waders, with small birds, form an abundant prey ; whileduring the winter it is generally distributed throughout the BritishIslands, but the examples then obtained are chiefly immature. The Merlin is a resident in the Faroes, but only a summer-visitor to Iceland ; yet an example has been taken at sea not farfrom the coast of Greenland, and one actually at Cape Farewell, inMay 1875. In North America it is represented by /■: columbariiis,with
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