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Head Keeper Wren reports that he had had 

 two other pairs of this hawk under observation 

 close to the chickens farm at Knighton, but so far 

 neither pair has touched the poultry . (W.P.C. 

 and E.H.C.) 



(62) Falco peregrinus. The Peregrine Falcon. 



Aug. 20 A pair of these birds seen wheeling over Durlston 

 Head. (W.P.C. and E.H.C.) 



(63) Falco tinnunculus. The Kestrel. 



Apr. 24 At Canford Bottom I saw a male being mobbed 

 by a pair of Turdus viscivorus, Missel Thrushes, 

 that nested close to Longfleet Lodge. I had 

 seen what was presumably the same male 

 Kestrel in the air carrying a young Song Thrush 

 dead in his talons. 



May 14 Examined, with Dr. Penrose, at Canford Bottom 

 numerous castings of this bird containing fangs 

 of adder, skin of adder and vertebrae, enormous 

 numbers of elytra of beetles, many brilliantly 

 iridescent green, legs beautifully purple, and 

 parts definitely attributable to Cicindela cam- 

 pestris, the Tiger Beetle, in addition to the 

 hair of Mus sylvaiicus, the Long-Tailed Field 

 Mouse. (W.P.C.) 



July 23 A male seen hawking butterflies at Badbury 

 Rings. (E.H.C.) 



Aug. 5 Between Arish Mell and Mupe, four seen 

 hawking butterflies all day, mostly Melanargia 

 galatea, Argynnis aglaia, Hipparchia ianira 

 and Satyrus semele. (W.P.C.) 



PHALACROCORACIDAE. 



(64) Phalacrocorax carbo. The Cormorant. 



Nov. 28 Several seen at Abbotsbury. (F.L.B.) 



