314 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
ORNITHOLOGIA BERCHERIA. 
Falco ossifragus.—Shot on Wantage Downs, Jan. 1793. 
FF. chrysaetus.—Shot at Shottisbrook, 1794. 
*F. cyaneus and *F. pygargus.— Most assuredly male and 
female of the same species, having seen them, in June, 1790, 
hovering about the nest in an extensive furze-field, and when the 
young were fledged, a noted birdcatcher was employed, who, by 
lime-twigging the nest, caught both parents. The young were 
kept a long time in a garden, and proved Ringtails and Hen 
Harriers. Neither the male nor female is complete in plumage 
until the second year. 
F. milvus.—Between thirty and forty years ago [v. e. between 
1774 and 1784.—Ep.], very frequent about Reading, now very 
rare, having seen one only in May, 1795, near Reading, these 
twenty-seven years. 
*I*, subbuteo.—Rare, only seen one specimen. 
*F’, buteo and *F’. tinnunculus.—Very common. 
*F’, haliaetus.—One shot near the Thames at Pangbourn, and 
one at Donnington, near Newbury, in January, 1810. Pes sinister 
subpalmatus an error of Linneus. 
*F’, apivorus.—Rare; a single specimen, female, shot near 
Reading, June, 1793 ; only larve in her stomach. 
*F’, eruginosus.— The most common hawk in the marshes about 
Newbury ; very destructive to the young wild ducks. Rare about 
Reading. 
*F’, nisus.— Rare; only two specimens seen. 
*F’. esalon (Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 49—119).—Shot near Reading, 
Jan. 25, 1794. 
*Striz otus.—Not uncommon. 
S. flammea and S. stridula.—Very common. 
S. ulula.—In the woods about Ticehurst. 
S. brachyotus (Ind. Orn., p. 55).—Very common about New- 
bury. In Nov. 1795, I kept one alive for many weeks on mice 
and raw meat ina chicken coop. It was not fond of erecting its 
ear-feathers when looked at, but having an opportunity of viewing — 
it through an aperture in the partition I could plainly discern 
that the crest, or ear, was’ composed of one single elongated — 
feather. It was very tame, not offering to bite or strike with its 
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