. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. FALCONID^. 351 Si. THE MERLIN. Falco icsALON, Tunstall. The Merlin, the least of the indigenous British Falcons, has not been proved to breed on the moorlands of Cornwall, Devon, and other counties in the south of England, but from Pembrokeshire north- ward its nest has often been found in many parts of Wales. In and beyond Derbyshire the Merlin is distributed, in suitable localities, up to the Shetlands ; while in Ireland it is tolerably frequent in the mountainous districts, as well as in some of the great red bogs of the central plain (Ussher
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. FALCONID^. 351 Si. THE MERLIN. Falco icsALON, Tunstall. The Merlin, the least of the indigenous British Falcons, has not been proved to breed on the moorlands of Cornwall, Devon, and other counties in the south of England, but from Pembrokeshire north- ward its nest has often been found in many parts of Wales. In and beyond Derbyshire the Merlin is distributed, in suitable localities, up to the Shetlands ; while in Ireland it is tolerably frequent in the mountainous districts, as well as in some of the great red bogs of the central plain (Ussher). In autumn it descends to the low grounds, bays and coasts, where Snipe, Dunlins and other waders, with small birds, generally afford abundant prey; while during the winter it is generally distributed throughout the British Islands, though the examples then obtained are chiefly immature. The Merlin is a resident in the Faeroes, but only a summer- visitor to Iceland; an example has, however, been taken at sea not far from the coast of Greenland, and one actually at Cape Farewell. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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