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what source of error are we liable ? What fipecioa of Eagle are 

 nerraanently resident here? To wliat country docs tlie Spotted 

 Eagle belong? Golden Eaj^le — its aspei.t? Power of vision? 

 Capture of food ? Its boldness ? Popular enov ? Habits ? Si- 

 tuation of eyrie ? How destroyed ? The ti-uc Falcons, how dis- 

 tinguished ? Haunts of the Peregrine ? This species, how used ( 

 Terras applied to it in falconry ? How carried ? How bedecked ? 

 Meaning or "luro," "qnany," &c. ? Fonner value ? Uapidity of 

 flight? Boldness? Ripacity of a female ? Hawks, how distiu- 

 guishcd from true Falcons? How many Bntish species? Size 

 of Gos-hawk ? Coloui ? Character of Sparrow-hawk ? The Kite, 

 how distin^iisiied when on wing ? Is it rare in Ireland ? Honey- 

 buzzard, where native of? Hen-harrier, its prey ? Its strength ? 



Family IIL—Slrifjidtt.—V. 340.— Flight of Owls? Time of 

 appearance? Sight? ftupcrvtitious fear of them ? Dimensions? 

 Snowy Owls, -.vhurc nalivo ? W'liat species uiost common in these 

 countries? Their haunts? Food? Habits of a pair of White 

 Owls? Eagle Uwl, where native? C,\\v instance of its attach- 

 ment to its young ? Habits of a South American species ? 



Oedeh IL Lnsessores. — P. 342. — Meaning of the term ? What 

 this Order does not include? How many native species? How 

 do birds perch ? Into how many tribes are they divided ? Give 

 the names and an example of each. 



Tribe I. — ^Dextieostkes. — What other birds do the Butcher, 

 birds resemble in habit and form of bill ? What is their food ? 

 How is it treated by them ? Where is the Water Ouzel found? 

 What question has arisen as to its habits? Wliat is s;iid of the 

 song of the Missel Thrush ? And of that of the Song Thrush and 

 Blackbird ? What birds belong to the family Sylviida? What 

 is the food of the Robin Redbreast ? Its habits ? Give examples 

 of its building its nest in strange places. For what is the Night- 

 ingalu distinguished ? Is it resident in England at all st>:vsons? 

 Is it found in Scotland or in Ireland? Are its notes indicative 

 of sorrow? Why are Humming-birds so called? What is said 

 of their size ? Of their food ? 



Tribe II. — CosiKOSTREs. — P. 349. — Sky-lark, what pecidiarity is 

 there in the foot? On what does it feed? When is it fattest? 

 For what object does it dust itself? What is said of its song? 

 What other birds belong to the same family ? For what power 

 is the StarUng remarkable? What is saicl of its migrations? 

 On what do Sterlings feed ? How are Mioir evolutions described ? 

 What ftxbles were cunent respecting Birds of I'aradi.se? Wliat 

 species belonging to the Corviilcc can iuiilale the human voice? 

 What are the haunts and habits of tne I! ivcn ? Where have the 

 Hooded Crows been observed? What does Wjishington Irving 

 say of a Hook c 17 ? What is said by Mac-Gillivray ? What by 

 Knapp? Do Rooks do nu.re gooil or more harm to the farmer? 

 On what do thej- feed? What i.s Jes.-^'s evidence on tiie ques- 

 tion ? What recorded iristano's are there of their destnu tioii in 

 great nxunbci"S? What otlur sjx-cies belong to this fainily ? \\'liat 

 is told of the Daws at Cambri»li;e? Why are the llcin-bills fo 

 called ? In what countries are they fnun(l ? What is th-ir foo«i ? 



Tribe III. — Scassoees. — P. 357. — By what iKCuliarity of struc- 



