Bit(h. 7395 



Effgs, 2, 3. Dingy white or gray, blotched and clouded with red- 

 brown. 



Whitetailed Eagle, Falco albicilla. 



Situation. Cliffs facing the sea in Scotland and Ireland. 



Materials. Sticks, ling, grass, wool. 



Eggs, 2. White, unspotted. " Mr. Maxwell, of Ardbraccan, in Ire- 

 land favoured us with two young birds of this species alive, taken the 

 preceding year on a mountainous precipice or craggy cliff called Slieve 

 Donald, impending the sea in the county of Down ; the eaglets were 

 covered with a glossy, dark, murrey-coloured down as it was termed." 

 — Col. Montagu. 



OspEEY, Falco haliceetus. 



Situation. Tops of trees, deserted buildings, or rocks ; always 

 near water. 



Materials. Sticks and wool. Sir William Jardine says " the nest is 

 an immense fabric of rotten sticks ; 



' Itself a burden for the tallest tree,' 



and is generally placed, if such exists, on the top of the chimney, and, 

 if this be wanting, on the summit of the building. * * * 

 Loch Lomond, Loch Awe, Kilchurn Castle and Loch Menteith have 

 long been breeding places." 



Eggs, 4. Yellow-white, spotted and blotched with red-brown. 



Goshawk, Falco palumbarius. 



Situation. In tall fir trees in the Orkney Islands ? banks of the 

 Dee ? forest of Ilothiemurchus ? 



Materials. Slicks, &c. 



Eggs, 2 — 4. Bluish white. 



Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus. 



Situation. Sea cliffs all round our coast. 



Materials. Sticks, &c. 



Eggs, 3, 4. Red-brown, with darker blotches and clouds. 



Hobby, Falco suhhuteo. 



Situation. High trees, often adopting the nest of a crow or magpie, 

 and using the same materials. 



Eggs, 3. Almost covered with yellow-brown or umber-brown 

 markings and black dots. 



Merlin, Falco Msalon. 



Situation. On the ground among heather. 



Materials. Sticks, heather, grass in small quantity. 



