THE BIRDS OF BERKSHIRE AND 

 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 



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RESIDENTS. 



ORDER L RAPTORES. 



Family FALCONID^E. 



KESTREL (Falco Tinnunculus}. Local names, Wind- 

 hover, Hover Hawk. A common species, particularly 

 in the neighbourhood of Eton, Surley, and Windsor. 

 Any^one, while taking a stroll in summer, may see 

 one or more of these hawks hovering over the fields 

 in search of its usual food, grasshoppers and mice. I 

 once observed five hunting in the same field. This 

 bird breeds abundantly in both counties, as proved by 

 the number of eggs which are taken in the season, 

 and of these I have seen several curious varieties. 



Mr. Sharpe tells me that it is a common bird at 

 Cookham, and that it breeds annually in Cliefden 

 Woods, where he has seen six at one time sailing 



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