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I'AI.CO PAIAJMI5AKIUS. 



(loSIlAWK. 



Mn. Low in his Fauna Orcadcnsis, says, that the Goshawk 

 is rather common there, breeding in the rocks of tlie 

 sea-coast. 



Whatever may have l)een its numbers then, it is not now 

 to be met with, either in Orkney, or the adjacent isk-s of 

 Shetland. The Peregiine Falcon may sometimes be seen 

 there, and I strongly suspect that it is the Goshawk of 

 Mr. Low. 



The Goshawk breeds in the forests of Holland, Germany, 

 and various parts of the Continent, and Mr. Hoy informs me, 

 builds its own nest, and if undisturbed in its possession, will 

 i'requently occupy it for several years, making the necessary 

 repairs. 



It is placed in some high tree, on the outskirts of the forest, 

 and is rarely found in the interior, except in those ]5arts 

 \\hich are open and free frojn timber. The eggs are three or 

 four, and are frequently hatched by the middle of May, they 

 are described by Mr. Selby " as marked with spots and 

 streaks of reddish brown." That this is frequently the case, 

 I have no doubt ; the specimen from which the drawing was 

 made, and the only one which I have had an opportunity of 

 seeing, is without any marking. It is from the collection of 

 Mr. Yarrcll. 



