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for its eyrie ; indeed, except at Newhaven, 1 have 

 not been able to ascertain that a second pair were 

 established, even on the coast, during the breed- 

 ing-season, although the great locomotive powers 

 and wandering propensities of this bird might 

 induce a hasty observer to imagine that a greater 

 number were quartered on the cliffs between 

 Brighton and Beachy Head. 



During the latter part of .the autumn the young 

 peregrines are banished by their parents from the 

 nest, and being left to shift for themselves, com- 

 mence "the grand tour" on their own account. 



These at first linger for awhile in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the scenes of theii' youth, but event- 

 ually scatter over the world, and doubtless it is 

 from their ranks that deficiencies, caused by the 

 death of older birds during subsequent breed- 

 ing-seasons, are supplied with such mysterious 

 rapidity. 



A falcon of this species occasionally makes his 

 appearance during the winter in the neighbour- 

 hood of the lakes, or large ponds, in Burton Park, 

 about three miles south of Petworth. The banks 

 of these v/aters are covered with masses of reeds, 

 and abound at all seasons with wild ducks, teals, 

 coots, and water-hens, whose numbers are rein- 

 forced during the winter by flocks of wigeon, 

 pochards, and scaup ducks, as well as by consi- 



