74 is ATLRALJST'S CABINET. 



Description. 



Dor did it return till seven days after. 1 had 

 been used to call him every evening with a whis- 

 tle, which he did not answer for six days ; but 

 on the seventh, I heard a feeble cry at a distance, 

 which I judged to be that of my buzzard: I re- 

 peated the whistle a second time, and heard the 

 same cry. I went to the place from whence the 

 sound came ; and, at last, found my poor bird 

 with his. wing broken, who hud travelled more 

 than half a league on foot to regain his asylum, 

 from which he was then distant about a hundred 

 uid twenty paces. Though he was extremely 

 reduced, he gave me many caresses. It was six 

 weeks before he was recruited, and his wounds 

 were healed ; after which he began to fly -as be- 

 fore, and follow his old habits for about a year; 

 he then disappeared for ever. I am convinced 

 that he was killed by accident; and that he 

 would not have forsaken me from choice." 



THE HEX HARRIER. 



THE ben harrier- is nearly eighteen inches 

 long, and three feet wide. The upper parts of 

 the body are of u bluish grey; and the back of 

 the head, the breast, belly, and thighs, white : 

 ihe two former marked with dusky streaks. The 

 bill. is black, ami the cere yellow. The two mid- 

 dle feathers of the tail are grey; and the outer 

 webs of the others are of the same colour, but 



