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Sparrow-hawk. Falco nisus, Lin, Frequent. 
Merlin. ZEsalon, Gesner. Frequent. p 
Owls. Long-eared. Strix otus, Lin. I never saw but one, and that was 
shot in the neighbourhood of Fowey, 
——, . Brown, Strix stridula, Lin, Common, 
——, White. Strix flammea, Lin. Common. 
dhe Corvas corax, Lin, Frequent; they breed in the cliffs, 
arrion Crow, Corvus corone, Lin. Not very plenty. 
Rook. Corvus frugilegus, Lin, Plenty, ; 
Hooded or Royston Crow, Corvus cornix, Lin. Frequent in some particular 
places, as Market-jew, &c. where, it is called the Market-jew 
crow. It is a bird of passage, and generally comes and goes 
about the same time with the Woodcock. 
Magpie. Corvus Pica, Lin. Very plenty. 
Jay. Pica glandaria, Gesner. Frequent where there is wood. 
Red-legged, or Cornish Daw, Corvus gracculus, Lin. Frequent about the Lizard 
Point, where they breed in the cliffs. 
Jackdaw. Corvus monedula, Lin, Breed in great plenty in the cliffs. 
Nutcracker. Corvus Caryocatactes, Lin, I never saw but one, and that was in 
in the autumn. 
Roller. Coracias garrula, Lin, One shot near Helston-bridge, Borlase. 
Cuckoo. Cuculus canorus, Lin, Generally plenty. 
*  -Wryneck. Jynx torquilla, Lin, Frequent. 
Woodpecker, Great spotted. Picus major, Lin. I never saw but two. I once 
heard another, which { took to be the green, or Picus viridis, 
Lin. 
Kingfisher. Alcedo aspida, Lin. Scarce. ‘ 
Hoopoe. Upupa epops, Lin, Sometimes in the spring. Ihave killed two. 
ee ie Tetrao Perdrix, Lin. Plenty. Lhave been told that Charles Rashi+: 
leigh, esq. of St. Anstle, procured from abroad some of the red+ 
legged, and turned them loose, and that they ‘have multiplied. 
Quail. Tetrao coturnix, Lin, Some scattering ones. I once found a nest 
with seven eygs, I have also seen two Bevys, one of eleven, the 
other of five. 
Land-Rail. Rallus Crex, Lin, Never in great plenty. 
Bustard, Otis tarda, Lin. It has been said there was one killed near Pad+ 
stow, in the lands of Edmund Prideaux, esq. in 1710. 
Pigeon, Common Wild. Columba Oenas, Lin, Sometimes about whee 
sowing, but not so frequent as formerly. 
Ring-dove. Columba palumbus, Lin, Not in yreat numbers. 
Turtle-dove. | Turtur, Gesner. Scarce ; they appear in autumn, 
Starling. © © Sturnus vulgaris, Lin. Some few breed in the cliffs, but they are 
; seen in vast flocks in the winter. 
Missle Thrush. Turdus viscivorus, Lin. Scarce; a few breed here. 
Fieldfare. Turdus pilaris, Gesner. Sometimes in vast flocks, about Novem- 
ber and after. 7 . 
Redwing. Turdus iliacus, Lin, Come and go with the Fieldfare. Some sea+ 
sons in great number, 
Throstle, or Song Thrush. Turduas musicus, Lin. Common. 
Blackbird. Turdus merula, Lin. Common. 
Ring Ouzel. Turdus torquatus, Lin. A few about Michaelmas. 
Water Ouzel. Sturmus cinclus, Lin. J saw one in the parish of Manacan. 
Oriole. Oriolus Galbula, Lin. . I saw one, and heard of another. 
Bulfinch. Loxia pyrrhula, Lin. Plenty. 
Greenfinch. Loxia chloris, Lin. _ Not very frequent. 
Bunting, Common. Emberiza miliaria, Lin. Plenty. 
Yellowehammer. Emberiza citrinella, Lin. _ Plenty. 
Reed Bunting. Embenza scheeniclus, Lin, Scarce. hes. 
Tawny Bunting. Schnee-ammer (Snow-hammer) Frisch. Mountain-finch, oy Bramb- 
ling. Now and then in hard winters. z 
Goldfinch. Fringilla carduelis, Lin. Plenty. 
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