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winged Hawks, or even with that of the Sparrow-Hawk. I 
only once saw a male, skimming over the tops of the trees in 
the early morning, and I do not think he takes a share in the 
incubation, as I never saw him near the nestatall. Rabbits 
being unknown here, and Wood-Pigeons scarce, so many 
Goshawks must have some difficulty in finding food, though, 
as their Danish name means Hen-Hawk, I presume that 
poultry forms a large part of it. A third nest which we found 
had the eggs sucked, apparently by a Marten; and I have no 
doubt there were more in the forest had we looked for them ; 
as, however, the Black Stork was one of the main objects of 
my search, we returned to Aalborg on the next day, intending 
to visit the important forest which les halfway between 
Hobro and Aalborg, and which is known under the names 
of Rold Skov, Thorsted lund, and Mylenberg. This is pro- 
bably the largest tract of woodland in all Denmark, being 
eight or ten miles long by four wide, and contains, or has 
contained, an enormous number of Kites, Buzzards, and Gos- 
hawks, besides being the regular breeding-place of four or 
five pairs of Black Storks, one or two pairs of Haliaetus albi- 
cilla, Bubo maximus, and other rarities. Birds of prey being 
trapped and shot here, have decreased of late years; but the 
Storks, being unmolested, are still fairly numerous, though, 
owing to the limited number of breeding-places, there are 
perhaps not more than ten or twelve pairs in all Jutland. 
Mr. Benzon, having obtained letters to the royal and 
private foresters who have charge of these domains, we were 
shown, in the course of the two following days, no less than 
three nests of Ciconia nigra, whichis a bird of totally different 
habits from his white cousin, C. alba, and seems to shun the 
haunts of men just as much as the Common Stork courts 
them. 
Escorted by the chief Royal Forester, who was like a 
jovial old-fashioned English squire in appearance and manner, 
mounted on an ambling Iceland pony, and armed with a pipe 
of enormous dimensions, we drove off from the station of 
Skorping in an open carriage, accompanied by an imposing 
band of foresters and keepers, and in a very short time arrived 
