. The nests and eggs of British birds : when and where to find them : being a handbook to the oology of the British Islands . PEREGRINE FALCON. 189 Family Fx\LCONID/E. Genus Falco. Sub-family FALCONIN/E. PEREGRINE FALCON. Falco peregrinus {Gerini).Single Brooded. Laying season, April and early May. British breeding area : The Peregrine Falcon stillbreeds locally on the maritime cliffs of England andWales, and even inland on high rocks in the wilderdistricts of the north of England—in Cumberland andWestmoreland. In Scotland it becomes more plentiful,and may be said to be pretty generally distri

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. The nests and eggs of British birds : when and where to find them : being a handbook to the oology of the British Islands . PEREGRINE FALCON. 189 Family Fx\LCONID/E. Genus Falco. Sub-family FALCONIN/E. PEREGRINE FALCON. Falco peregrinus {Gerini).Single Brooded. Laying season, April and early May. British breeding area : The Peregrine Falcon stillbreeds locally on the maritime cliffs of England andWales, and even inland on high rocks in the wilderdistricts of the north of England—in Cumberland andWestmoreland. In Scotland it becomes more plentiful,and may be said to be pretty generally distributed inall suitable districts, extending to the Hebrides and on the west, and to the Orkneys and Shetlandson the north. In Ireland the bird is equally widelydistributed ; in some parts even fairly common. Breeding habits : The Peregrine is a resident inour islands. Its haunts are the bare, treeless districts,the long ranges of ocean cliffs, wild mountain sides, andbreezy moorlands. This bold Falcon, in my opinion,pairs for life, and if it does not always frequent thesame nest every year, it usually returns t

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