BIEDS OF MAELBOEOUGH. 



PART I.— RESIDENTS. 



Falco Tinnunculus. 



Kestrel. 



LOCAL NAMES. EGG OBSERVED. 



Wind Hover. April 21st, 1865. 



Stannel HawJc. April IGth, 1866. 



May 3rd, 1867. 



May 8tli, 1868. 



May lltli, 1869. 

 1870. 



Althongli the Kestrel is in most places the commonest of 

 the hawks, in this neighbourhood it only takes the second 

 place in the ranks, the Sparrowhawk being first. It is 

 however tolerably common, though it is one of those birds 

 doomed to be exterminated before long through the relent- 

 less persecution of gamekeepers. 



Much has been said and written lately about the cruelty 

 of shooting and destroying parent birds during the breeding 

 season, but no one seems to think anything about tlie 

 cruelty of this kind towards Kestrels, for not long 



