It is known by the name of 'jerfalcon,' or 'gyrfalcon,' but its zoological name is falco Islandicus."
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
I might further extend this enumeration, by including the Cheela eagle of Ceylon, which, although I have placed it in my list as identical with the Hematornis cheela of the Dekkan, is, I have since been assured, a different bird, and is most probably the falco bido of Horsfield, known to us by specimens obtained from Java and Sumatra.
"Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon"
J. Emerson Tennent
Well, he goes on: "There was Admiral Sir Jackson Racial and his lady, at dinner, Squire falco of Bursted, Lady Barrington, Admiral Combleman-our admiral, that was; 'Mr. This and That', I forget their names-and other ladies and gentlemen whose acquaintance I was not honoured with."
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith