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his assistance. In this 

 way I have often seen 

 Kestrels and Merlins miser- 

 ably hustled; and the lordly 

 Peregrine does not r 

 pass without being 

 insulted. They 

 pursue the small 

 Hawks with great 

 venom _ 



y 



and furv-4 ^- and although === r 2 ** 5 ^ I never saw 



a battle terminate 

 occasionally met with 

 their bones and carcases. 



onef" "occasion I picked up a fine 



. Buzzard, only a few hours dead, 

 mark of violence but a 

 slight wound upon the head. How deceased 

 met with his death there was not sufficient evidence 

 to prove, but I was tempted to return a verdict of wilful murder 

 against some Hoody or Hoodies unknown. 



I was disappointed in my expectations of getting Widgeon 

 on the north-west parts of Mull, as they had got very shy since 

 the fine weather set in, though I saw some large flocks floating 

 about the lochs, but keeping far out of range, even of swanshot. 

 The only good fortune I had was while rowing through the Sound 

 of Ulva, where I saw a party of three Great Northern Divers 



