THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



MARCH, 1837. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. On the Birds of Devonshire. By Edward Moore, M.D., 

 F.L.S., Secretary of the Plymouth Institution. 



Having observed that a work on British birds is shortly 

 to be published by Mr. Yarrell, I beg the favour of a portion 

 of your pages, in order to give a list of the birds of Devon- 

 shire. In the year 1830, I published a paper on the subject 

 in the Transactions of the Plymouth Institution ; but since that 

 period I have been able greatly to enlarge that catalogue; 

 and am therefore desirous of thus offering the information I 

 have obtained regarding several very rare specimens. I 

 shall, however, confine myself to as brief a notice as possible; 

 and, should any of your correspondents require farther ob- 

 servations on particular species, I shall be ready to accede to 

 their wishes on a future occasion. The subject of ornitho- 

 logy has long been pursued here ; and, besides my own col- 

 lection, I have access to those of Lord Boringdon, at Saltram; 

 of Sir G. Magrath, Plymouth ; of Dr. Isbell ; of C. Tripe, 

 Esq.; of Mr. Drew, collector, of Stonehouse ; and Pincombe 

 and Bolitho, collectors, at Devonport. 



The list of British birds lately published by Mr. Eyton 

 being an approximation to the arrangement of Cuvier, I shall 

 take that for my guide in making the following observations ; 

 and, in order not to occupy too much space at once, I propose 

 to divide my communication into sections corresponding to 

 the different orders. 



Order I. ACCl'PITRES. 



Division i. DiurncE. 

 Gen. Fa'lco. — Subgen. 1. Fdlco. 



1. Falco peregrinus, Peregrine falcon. This bird, termed the cliff 

 hawk in Cornwall, is frequent on our coasts, where it breeds, and 

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