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state of plumage as the above, was killed near Cavnanton, St. Columb, 

 in the latter part of the year 1861, and is now in the Truro Museum. 



VVhitetailed Eagle. — Sometimes seen on the sea-coast: the last 

 specimen, on the authority of the Rev. John Davis, of Kilkhampton, 

 was killed at Cornekay, in the parish of Kilkhampton, on the 9th of 

 November, 1844, Weight 10 lbs. ; length 3 feet 1 inch ; breadth 

 7 feet 6 inches. One seen a few years since at Skewjack, in the 

 parish of Sennen, near the Land's End. 



Osprey. — Several examples obtained, although at uncertain in- 

 tervals : generally observed in estuaries ; Gwithian, Helford, &c. 

 One example killed at Scilly, in September, 1849. Said to breed at 

 the Lizard ; but no instance authenticated. Found occasionally in 

 most of the English counties. 



Gyr Falcon. — Very rare in the southern parts of England : one 

 killed at the Lizard; another at Port Eliot, in St, Germans : the 

 former was in the Museum of the late Mr, Magor, of Penventon : the 

 latter, which appears to be the permanent variety known as the Green- 

 land falcon, is the specimen in my cabinet of falcons. [In the 

 'Zoologist' for February, 1870, Mr. Rodd records the capture of 

 a young female Iceland falcon, in the parish of St. Merryn, a few days 

 prior to the 7th of January ; but in the March number of the same 

 Journal Mr. Rodd himself informs us, on the authority of Captain 

 Fisher, " that there had lately been three large importations of this 

 fine bird from Iceland for falconer's use, some of which had been 

 trained and flown loose for months." Mr. Rodd is induced from this 

 circumstance to relinquish all claim to this specimen as Cornish. — 

 Edivard Newman.] 



Peregrine Falcon. — Not uncommon, and in different states of 

 plumage: breeds annually on the Morvah cliffs; specimens obtained 

 from thence and Trengvvainton in adult and immature plumage : 

 observed near Trewavas Cliff, in Breage. Adult specimens, of both 

 sexes, have the back light blue : the male bird much smaller than the 

 female. Not unfrequently observed at Scilly, where they breed. 



Hobby. — Rare : summer visitor. One killed by the Trebartha 

 keeper, on the Bodmin Moors, a few years since; another at Grestou 

 Wood, near Launceston. 



Red/ooted Falcon. — Rare : first record of its capture, 1 830, when 

 four were killed in Norfolk. Examples: Selby, 1844; Wembury, 

 near Plymouth, within a few miles of Cornwall, which last is the adult 

 specimen in my cabinet. 



