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somewhat when younger) is a dark lead or 
fawn grey, with a deep blue tint, barred with 
black, whilst the head also becomes blue with 
maturity. Altogether it is a lighter coloured 
bird than the sparrow-hawk, and as we have 
just noticed is smaller. It has a shrill and 
ringing note and also makes a sort of wailing 
noise (like a baby crying) when it sees its 
enemy, the stoat. It builds its nest in much 
the same positions as the sparrow-hawk. 
The eggs are four or five. They always stand 
out in a collection from the others by their 
deep reddish-brown colour—the colour is in 
blotches—all over them, as well as their size 
(1,incheslong). The above-mentioned hawks 
are resident in this country. You might 
very occasionally catch sight of a Merlin or 
a Peregrine falcon, both of the hawk family, 
the latter a large bird twice as large as a 
pigeon, the former only half the size of the 
Peregrine. 
The Owls 1—The Barn, or White Owl is the 
1 Jn flight the Barn Owl looks tawny, whilst the 
Brown and the Long-eared Owls look drab, and the 
Short-eaved (Woodcock) Owl looks brown (like the 
Woodcock). 
