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ZOOLOGY. 



{F. subbuteo), the Sparrow Hawk (Accipiter msus), 

 the Kite (Milvus regalis), the Goshawk (Astur palum- 

 hariua), the Harriers (Circus cyaneus and C. c%ne- 



Fio. 32.— The Golden Eagle (Aquila chnjsaetus). 



rarius), and the Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus). 

 The last effects damage by catching honey-bees. 



Useful in the main, being destroyers of field-voles, 

 are the following : the Kestrel (Falco tinnuncuhis), 

 the Buzzard (Buteo vulgaris), the Barn Owl (Strix 

 fiammea, Fig. 33), the Brown Owl (S. aluco), the little 

 Owl {Athene noctua), a casual, the Short-eared or Wood- 

 cock Owl {Otus brachyotus), the Long-eared Owl (0. 



