Birds. 7397 



Eggs, 4, 5. White, unspotted. 



Hen Harrier, Falco cyaneus. 



Situation. On the ground at the bottom of furze bushes, on heaths 

 and moors. 



Materials. Dried heather, wool, hair, hay. 



Eggs, 4, 5. Both ends equally rounded, white, faintly tinged with 

 blue, and rarely spotted with red-brown. 



AsHCOLOURED Harrier, Falco ciueraceus. 



Situation. On the ground amongst furze and low brushwood. 



Materials. Heather, sticks, hay, wool, laid loosely together. 



Eggs, 4 — 6. White. This hawk has a great propensity to take and 

 devour the eggs of other birds, as recorded by Mr. Rodd at p. 3475 

 of the ' Zoologist.' 



LONGEARED OwL, Strix OtUS. 



Situation. Trees in woods. 



Materials. Adopts the nest of a crow or magpie, never making one 

 of its own. 



Eggs, 3 — 7. White, almost equally blunt at both ends. 



Short EARED Owl, Strix brachyotus. 



Situation. On the ground on extensive moors and heaths. 



Materials. Scarcely any. Sir William Jardine writes of the earth 

 being merely scraped or scooped out in the form of a nest. 



Eggs, 4, 5. White, equally blunt at both ends. 



Barn Owl, Strixflammea. 



Situation. Barns, churches, ruins, old buildings and hollow trees. 



Materials. Generally very slight ; sticks, hay, and often only the 

 bird's castings. 



Eggs. Laid in pairs ; a second pair, and often a third, being laid 

 before the young produced from the first pair has flown. 



Tawny Owl, Strix aluco. 



Situation. Trees, generally adopting the old nest of a crow, some- 

 times, according to Selby, in hollow trees. 



Materials. None brought by the birds. 



Eggs, 3 — 5. White, elliptical. 



Order II. INSESSORES. 



Redbacked Shrike, Lanius Collurio. 

 Situation. In whitethorn hedges, furze bushes, &c. 

 Materials. Moss, wool, hair, bents of grass. 



Eggs, 5, 6. Pink-white or cream-colour, with brown spots, parti- 

 cularly at the larger end. 



