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the Hawk be taken, or pass over without touching the 

 Pigeons, he cautiously creeps out, yet almost afraid to trust 

 himself on his hillock, looking on every side, and does not for 

 some time recover from his alarm. There is one Hawk, the 

 Goshawk, of which he is particularly afraid, screaming louder 

 than ever, and making every attempt to escape, as if aware 

 that this Hawk will even seize him in his hiding-place, should 

 it catch sight of him, which the other Hawks will not do. 

 He, on the other hand, shows less alarm at the sight of the 

 Kite or Buzzard, unless very near indeed ; so that, by the 

 motion of the Butcher-bird, the falconer can tell, almost to a 

 certainty, what species of Hawk is approaching, without run- 

 ning the risk of discovery, by looking out from his retreat. 

 Were it not for the penetrating and keen eye of this his watch- 

 bird, he would sit many dreary hours to no purpose, as he 

 would not know when to pull the Pigeons out to lure the 

 Hawk. Like most other birds, they appear constant to 

 particular spots for breeding. 



A bird-collector, in the island of Anglesea, mentioned his 

 having, for many seasons, found a few in or near a certain field : 

 his mode of catching them was by watching the twigs on which 

 they perched on returning to their nest; these he prepared 

 with bird-lime, and seldom failed capturing several specimens. 



Some of the foreign species of Shrikes have an addition of 

 plumage, of a fanciful char- 

 acter. The annexed engrav- 

 ing is a representation of 

 the Puff-backed Shrike; the 

 light downy tuft bears a close 

 resemblance to a powder- 

 puff ; it must add either to 

 the comfort or convenience 

 of the bird, though in what 

 way we can form no opinion. 



After the Shrikes, we find 

 in the tables the Thrush genus (see Table VII, page 12), of 

 which we have in England seven species, viz. : — 1. Missel- 



