2i 4 OUTDOOR LIFE IN ENGLAND 



3. Montagu's harrier. 



4. Common buzzard.* 



5. Rough-legged buzzard. 



6. Honey buzzard. 



7. Spotted eagle.** 



8. Golden eagle.* 



9. White-tailed or sea eagle.* 



10. Goshawk.* 



11. Sparrow hawk. 



12. Red kite.** 



13. Black kite.*** 



14. Greenland falcon.* 



15. Iceland falcon.** 



1 6. Gyr falcon.*** 



1 7. Peregrine falcon. 



18. Hobby.* 



1 9. Merlin. 



20. Red-footed falcon.** 



21. Kestrel. 



22. Lesser kestrel.*** 



23. Qsprey. 



Of the eagles, the white-tailed or sea eagle is 

 less rare than the golden eagle, which latter, 

 though now well-nigh extinct, was formerly 

 resident in Scotland and Ireland. Now and again 

 some misguided bird makes its appearance in 

 a district ; scores of gunners immediately seek 

 to slaughter it, and, grievous to add, generally 

 succeed in their endeavours, unless it is wise 

 enough to take the hint and its departure. Both 

 this bird and the spotted eagle have the front 



