ORNITHOLOGY OF NORTH TYNE. 99 
XVIIL—Remarks on the Ornithology of the North Tyne. By 
Epywarp C#aruton, Esq., M.D. 
Tue ornithology of the district around Hesleyside and Belling- 
ham, does not, perhaps, present any remarkable features. The 
usual birds that are met with in semi-alpine districts, are found 
here; but there are, or at least were, within our recollection, 
many habitats for rarer species, which are now becoming scarce 
in England. The wooded valley of the North Tyne, affords 
shelter for many of the smaller song birds, while on the open 
and extensive moorlands that spread on every side, some of the less 
common birds of prey have been occasionally met with. Our inten- 
tion here, is merely to note a few of these occurrences which have 
come under our own observation. More than thirty years ago, we 
remember a messenger coming to Hesleyside in great excitement, 
with the report, that an Eagle was feeding on a dead sheep, near 
the track that crossed Hareshaw from Woodburn. Since then, 
the Eagle has been but rarely heard of, but we are told, that last 
year, a young bird of this species, haunted Reedwater for the 
better part of the spring, when it fed upon the sheep that died 
so plentifully from starvation, in that backward season. It was 
several times fired at, and is supposed at last, to have been 
wounded and to have died. 
The Osprey is still, we are glad to say, to be seen in North 
Tyne. A month or two ago, a fine bird of this species was seen 
fishing in the Tyne, opposite to Mounces, and he afterwards 
settled in the large fir plantation, north of that house. We are 
not aware, however, that the Osprey has ever built in this dis- 
trict, though many specimens, both adult and young birds, have 
been killed, chiefly about the head of the Tyne, within the last 
thirty years. The specimen at Hesleyside was shot at Kielder. 
The Peregrine, the noblest of our British falcons, will soon be 
extinct in this country, owmg to the unceasing war waged 
against it by keepers and egg collectors. The specimens in our 
own collection, were taken about twenty-six years ago, at Whick- 
hope-linn, on the south side of the Tyne, but the bird bred till 
