114 Birds of Devonshire. 



frequently pounces on the young gulls. Specimens are found 

 in every collection. 



2. Falco Subbuteo, Hobby. Visits us in summer ; breeds in Warleigh 



woods, whence a specimen was sent me by the Rev. Walter 

 Radcliffe. 



3. Falco rufipes, Red-legged falcon. A specimen of the male is in the 



possession of Pincombe, Chapel Street, Devonport, who obtained 

 it fresh from a sailor. It might have been caught in the Channel ; 

 but I am not quite certain of its being a Devon bird. 



4. Falco iE'salon, Merlin. Found here in winter. Not numerous. 



5. Falco Tinnunculus, Kestrel. Frequent. Breeds on our coasts. 

 Subgen. 2. Hierofdlco, 



1. Hierofalco Gyrfalco, the Gyrfalcon. Mentioned as a Devon bird 

 in Polwhele's History of Devonshire, which is confirmed by the 

 capture of a beautiful specimen on the banks of the Lynher, a 

 branch of the Tamar, February 7. 1834. It had been wounded 

 in the wing, and was kept alive for some days by Pincombe, in 

 whose possession the bird now is. The whole of the plumage 

 is white, barred with brown on the back ; wings and tail, head 

 and neck, and sides of the body, with brown streaks ; breast, 

 belly, and under tail coverts, white ; thighs white; feathers ex- 

 tending below the knee ; cere bluish ; bill pale blue, become 

 white by drying ; legs blue ; iris hazel ; tips of the wings 

 brownish black, extending about half the length of the tail. 

 Length about 1 ft. 9 in. 

 Gen. A'quila. — Subgen. A'quila. 



1. A'quila Chrysaetos, Golden eagle. Said to have been occasionally 

 seen on Dartmoor ; and Mr. Gosling informs me that formerly 

 a nest was known on Dewerstone Rock, near Plymouth. 

 Subgen. 2. Halicetus. 



1. Halia2 v tus Pygargus, Sea eagle, or Cinereous eagle. A specimen 

 caught near the Eddystonewas kept alive some years by the late 

 Addis Archer, Esq., at Leigham, near Plymouth. In the sum- 

 mer of 1832, one was frequently seen by the gentlemen of the 

 hunt, hovering over Dartmoor; and, in October of that year, a 

 fine specimen (probably the same) was shot near Kingsbridge, 

 by W. Elliott, Esq., in whose possession it still remains. It is 

 mottled all over with brown and white; legs yellow ; bill and 

 claws black ; feathers extending very little below the knee. 

 Subgen. 3. Pdndion. 



1. Pandion Halire v tus, Osprey, or Bald buzzard. Several have been 

 shot in our neighbourhood. I have accounts of their being killed 

 or seen in April, May, July, September, October, and November. 

 R. Julian, Esq., of Estover, has one ; and another is in the col- 

 lection of Lord Boringdon, at Saltram. 

 Gen. A'stur. 



1. A'stur Palumbarius, Goshawk. Found on Dartmoor. Vide Car- 

 rington's poem Dartmoor. A nest was seen by Bolitho of Devon- 

 port at South Tawton ; and one of the old birds was wounded, 

 but escaped. 

 Gen. Acci'piter. 



1. Accipiter fringillarius, Sparrowhawk. Common. 

 Gen. Mi'lvus. 



1. Milvus regalis, the Kite. This bird is nearly as scarce as in the 

 time of Montagu, who only saw one in Devonshire in twelve 

 years. A fine specimen is now, however, in Mr. Drew's collec- 

 tion at Stonehouse ; another, caught in Trowlsworthy rabbit 



