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or five Cuckoos disporting themselves. A little 

 later a fine sight was presented, a Kestrel being 

 mobbed by a Carrion Crow. The Hawk was sorely 

 pressed, and cried out in alarm. Its aerial evolutions 

 were wonderful, however, and compared favourably 

 with the clumsy attempts of the Crow. It does not 

 always happen this way (vide account of Kestrels 

 and Crows in Chapter II.). I searched the rocks to 

 see if I could discover the probable nesting site of 

 the Kestrel. Found many pellets, which on exami- 

 nation I found were composed chiefly of the remains 

 of beetles and mice, especially the former. I flushed 

 some Stock Doves from the rocks and saw several 

 Wheatears and a pair of Ring Ouzels, which are 

 doubtless nesting here somewhere, but it was now 

 getting dusk, so I was unable to search for it. 



April 2$>fh. In the morning I had a splendid view 

 of a male Sparrow-hawk which was sitting on a 

 fallen tree devouring a Chaffinch. 



To-day, on the summit of the C. hills, found a 

 Peewit's nest, with the usual four eggs, in very 

 scrubby heather, and a little further on, in some 

 rank grass, had a great hunt for a Curlew's nest, 

 but with no avail. By a tiny rivulet running down 

 the moor flushed a Meadow Pipit, but could not 

 find the nest, though felt positive that there was 

 one there. Presently I went off to see if I could 

 locate a pair of Kestrels in the P. rocks, and noticed 

 both old birds on one particular cliff. Also flushed 

 a Stock Dove from her nest in a fissure of the rocks. 

 On coming back I found that my companion had 

 discovered the Pipit's nest ; he had flushed the bird 



