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pilfering they may do in the poultry yard. I have known this 

 bird to have been shot with a half-grown rat in its claws. 

 These birds build high up the cliff in crevices, and you may 

 constantly hear the shrill cry of the parent birds along 

 these cliffs during the breeding season. The eggs are of a 

 dark chocolate colour, generally four in number. These 

 birds nesting in woody districts often take possession of an 

 old magpie's nest, jay's, or a deserted crow's, and I have 

 no doubt the same will be carried out in our cliff by their 

 taking possession of the daw's nest. 



There are various other Hawks killed occasionally along 

 the coast, but I think the Peregrine and the Keshal are the 

 only species of Hawks that nest in our cliff. 



1 have known the rough legged Buzzard (Falco La- 

 gopus), also the (Falco Cyanais), Her Serria Merlin, these 

 are stragglers shot generally in the migration season. 



The Raven {Corvus Corax) is often seen on our coast. I 

 have known a pair of these birds to nest in the Western 

 Cliff, another pair to the Eastward ; they generally build 

 high in the cliff, the nest is not difficult to find, from the 

 quantity of material which it is composed. Its nest is 

 something after the carrion crow, being composed of a large 

 quantity of sticks and lined with hair and small roots. 

 The eggs are generally five in number, very much resemb- 

 ling the Rooks. 



The young of these birds are exceedingly voracious and 

 restless for their food, so that the whole number of their 

 young are seldom reared, as it generally happens that some 

 fall from the nest. I have known two of the young cap- 

 tured on the beach unable to fly. Their nests are fre- 

 quently taken by the fishermen, as there is not much 

 difficulty to get at them. There has been a nest of these 

 birds in the Western cliff this year that have escaped been 

 taken ; I suppose it was owing to the difficulty of getting 

 at the nest. The young birds generally take to flight early 

 in March. I have known the young birds to be captured 



