_Falco japonensis_ Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, pt. 1, 1788, p. 257.
(Type locality, Off the coast of Japan.)
_Falco peregrinus_ Hartlaub and Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. London,
1872, pp. 89, 90 (Mackenzie); Gräffe, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 2,
1873, p. 122 (Yap); Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 8, 1875, pp. 4,
8 (Palau); Schmeltz and Krause, Ethnogr. Abth. Mus. Godeffroy,
1881, p. 391 (Yap); Wiglesworth, Abhandl. und Ber. Zool. Mus.
Dresden, no. 6, 1890-1891 (1891), p. 1 (Yap, Pelew); Hand-list
Japanese Birds, rev. 1932, p. 182 (Yap, Palau); Hand-list
Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 202 (Yap, Palau); Mayr, Birds
Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 302 (Yap, Palau); Baker, Smithson.
Misc. Coll., vol. 107, no. 15, 1948, p. 46 (Guam).
_?Falco peregrinus calidus_ Kuroda, in Momiyama, Birds Micronesia,
1922, p. 40 (Yap, Pelew).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northern Asia. Winters to southern
Asia, Malaysia and Melanesia. In Micronesia: Mariana Islands--Guam;
Palau Islands--exact locality unknown; Caroline Islands--Yap.
_Remarks._--The Peregrine Falcon may be classed as a casual winter
visitor to Micronesia. It has been recorded by Hartlaub and Finsch at
Yap and Palau. A specimen from Yap was taken by Kubary in November,
1870. On November 2, 1945, at Guam as previously recorded (Baker,
1948:46) Irvin O. Buss saw a falcon alight on the superstructure of his
ship. He watched it catch and eat a Common Noddy (_Anous stolidus_). As
the ship approached the island, the bird flew to the rugged cliffs near
Facpi Point. Strophlet (1946:535) saw a large falcon, "presumed to be a
Duck Hawk," at Guam on November 16, 1945. Possibly these two observers
saw the same bird. In July, 1945, Flavin observed a Peregrine Falcon at
Guam. _F. p. fruitii_ Momiyama, which is known from the Volcano Islands,
may occur in Micronesia.
=Megapodius lapérouse senex= Hartlaub