BIRDS. 143 



We are thus introduced to the company of the 

 feathered race, the liveliest and most ubiquitous of 

 woodland denizens. Some of them come there only 

 to breed, spending most of their time, when not so 

 occupied, in the " open." This is the case with the 



THE KESTREL. 



larger birds of prey, of which two only can claim to 

 have their home in such places. One of these is 

 the Kestrel, and the other the Sparrow-hawk. The 

 Kestrel 1 is sometimes called the Windhover, from the 

 manner in which it hovers in the air when in search 



1 Falco tinnuncuhts. 



