50 GA]\IE PRESERVERS AND BIRD PRESERVERS. 



together, scratching and fighting like a bagful 

 of cats. 



There are two sorts of eagles — the golden 

 eagle and the sea eagle ; and six sorts of hawks 

 — the buzzard, the hen harrier, the peregrine 

 falcon, the sparrow hawk, the merlin, and the 

 kestrel — still found in the British Isles. 



We will try all these creatures for their 

 lives, and see if they offend, or how far they 

 offend, against the law we wish to pass to 

 enable our birds to breed in peace. 



Then we have still some beasts of prey in 

 Great Britain. There is the mountain fox, the 

 cat, the polecat, the stoat and the weasel, the 

 rat and the hedgehog. These are all suspicious 

 characters. We v/ill enquire how they spend 

 the summer months. 



A few other species are occasionally met 

 with, such as the goshawk and the marten cat ; 

 but they are rare. 



