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NATURAL HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



Resumed from page 94 . 



MR. EDITOR, Previously to entering on the con- 

 sideration of the second Linnean class of animals, it 

 is but right that I should state the reasons, which in- 

 duce me to forward the following remarks to you ; 

 since they have been preceded by some of an ample 

 and masterly character. In the first place Dr. Moore's 

 work on the Ornithology of the Soutn of Devon neces- 

 sarily embraces every bird which has been by accident 

 discovered in this Country, secondly, it is inaccessi- 

 ble to the generality of readers, being published only 

 in the "Transactions of the Plymouth Institution ;" and 

 thirdly, I am desirous of adding the few observations 

 which I have made in confirmation or contradiction of 

 those of Dr. Moore, and I therefore now proceed to the 



CLASS AVES, Linn. (Div. 1st. Land Birds. 



ORDER ACCIPITRES. 



(icHti'x, /v//<7>, Hawk, &c. 



Sj). 1 . /'. buteo, common Buzzard ; shot frequently 



on and in the vicinity of the Moor commonly 



called " Kites" and " Keates". 

 Sp. 2. /''. fi'ru^inosus, moor Bu///nrd ; said to be at 



least as plentiful as the foregoing. 

 Sp. 3. i\ tinmmcuIuSf Kestrel; common on the rocky 



parts of the coast, as at Wembury, Morwell 



rocks, &c. 

 Sp. 4. F. nisus, sparrow Hawk ; found in the woods 



about here, but not so commonly as the Kestrel. 



There are several other birds of this family, of 



rare occurrence in this neighbourhood ; for a 



notice of which I refer your scientific readers to 



Dr. Moore's work. 

 Genus, Strix, Owl. 

 Sp. 5. Strix flammed, white Owl ; pretty common in 



the thick parts of coppices and woods, barns, 



church towers, and in holes of rocks. 

 Sp. 6. Strix stridula, brown Owl ; pretty common in 



the same haunts as the last named bird. 



