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Kestrel, Falco tinnnnculus. Linnaeus. 

 Common; breeds on some of the islands. 



Sparrow-hawk, Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus). 

 Very common, and breeds in all the woods. 



Kite, Milmis ictinus. Savigny. 

 Used to breed in Kenmore Wood, near Tarbert.* 



Common Buzzard, Bideo vulgaris. Leach. 

 Not uncommon ; breeds in the neighbourhood. 



EouGH-LEGGED BuzzARD, Buteo Icigojms (Gmelin.). 

 Has occurred in the district. 



Marsh Harrier, Circiis aeruginosiis (Linnaeus.) 

 Licluded in Mr Stewart's list of the birds of Luss. 



Hen Harrier, Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus). 

 Rare, but has bred in the neighbourhood. 



Fam. STRIGIDAE. 

 White Owl, Strlc flammea. Linnaeus. 

 Not uncommon ; breeds on some of the islands. 



Tawny Owl, Syrnimn aluco (Linnaeus). 

 Common. Nests early in March. 



Long-eared Owl, Otus vulgaris. Fleming. 

 Very common in many of the woods on the loch side. 



Short-eared Owl, Otus hrachyotus (Forster). 

 Rare. 



Order a, INSESSORES. Fam. LAN I ID AE. 



Great Grey Shrike, Lanitis cxcubUov. Linnaeus. 

 Has been obtained once or twice on the borders of the lake. 



* "Birds of the West of Scotland," by Robert Gray, 1871, p. 42. 



