i62 THE BIRDS OF BERKS AND BUCKS. 



' he opined the hawk was a-looking fur his own 

 shadder ! ' This Osprey was observed to capture 

 fish at all times of the day, and after taking one it 

 would fly off to a lofty tree on the river bank to 

 digest its meal. 



Peregrine Falcon {Falco pcregrimis). This 

 noble Falcon has almost entirely disappeared from 

 localities where formerly it was not uncommon, and 

 can now only be regarded as an occasional winter 

 visitant On the ist of August, 1846, Mr. Bryant 

 Burgess, of Latimer, saw a fine Peregrine which had 

 been shot in Liscombe Park. It was in the possession 

 of Mr. Bishop. In the year 1853, a young female 

 Peregrine was captured in a trap in Windsor Great 

 Park, and was taken to Mr. Hasell, of Windsor, who 

 preserved it. Mr. Frank Collins, of Betterton, writes 

 me word that this falcon is occasionally observed 

 soaring over the downs and woods near Wantage. 

 A beautiful specimen was killed by Mr. Collins, of 

 Goosay, in that neighbourhood. A pair have been 

 on several occasions seen at Wooley Park, the seat 

 of Mr. P. Wroughton. Mr. James Britten, of the 

 High Wycombe Natural Plistory Society, informed 

 me of one of these birds which had been recently 

 captured in Brickhill Wood, near Woburn. 



Red-footed Falcon {Falco ntfipcs). The In- 

 spector of the Eton police-force — an intelligent man, 

 who has a taste for natural history — informed me 

 that an Orange-legged Hobby was shot by the under- 



