5 2 Woodside. 



mate result were the birds to cease helping us we dare not 

 think. 



What is that magnificent bird hovering above us ? Can 

 it be a peregrine falcon ? It looks as if it might be, but it 

 is too far off for us to be quite sure. See yonder thick- 



FIG. 14. THE PEKKGKINE FALCON (Falco peregrinus). 



billed bird. It is a hawfinch. What an ugly head ! you 

 exclaim. It is, indeed ; but its beak is made for use rather 

 than ornament. Is that a ring-ouzel flying across the road ? 

 It is just possible, for it occasionally remains here through 

 the summer, instead of returning to its more northern home 

 to breed. A pheasant whirrs up almost from under our feet 



