DWELLERS IN NESTS. 



PART V. 



British Falconidaj The Eagles The Golden Eagle The 

 White-tailed Eagle The Goshawk The Old Hawking 

 Club The Sparrow-hawk The Kestrel The Red Kite- 

 Greenland, Iceland, and Gyr Falcons -The Peregrine Falcon 

 The Hobby The Merlin The Red-footed Falcon and 

 Lesser Kestrel The Black Kite The Osprey The Wear- 

 ing of Osprey Plumes, etc. 



THE list of those birds which are included in the 

 category of British Falconidse is very considerable, 

 and, therefore, admits of my referring to those 

 only which are most commonly to be met with. 

 As it may interest the reader to know the several 

 varieties which have, at one time or other, been 

 observed in Britain, and so claim the title to be 

 considered British birds, I append their names, the 

 asterisks denoting those of greater or less rarity. 



Including the harriers and buzzards, references 

 to which have already been made, there are no 

 fewer than twenty-three varieties which come 

 under the head of British Falconidae, viz. : 



1. Marsh harrier.*" 



2. Hen harrier. 



