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OSPREY. A. Haliaetus. Jenyns, p. 81. Yarrell's Br. B. s . 

 vol. 1, p. 20. Scarce. 



PEREGRINE FALCON. Falco Percgrinus. Jenyns, p. 

 82. Yarrell's Br. B„, vol. 1, p. 32. It keeps chiefly in 

 retired Cliffs, and hence is called the Cliff Hawk. 



GYRFALCON. F. Islandicus, Jenyns, p. 81. Yarrell's 

 Br. B., vol. 1, p. 26. One specimen only is recorded, 

 on the authority of Dr. Borlase. 



HOBBY. F. Subbuteo. Jenyns, p. 82. Yarrell's Br. B. : 

 vol. I, p. 40. 



MERLIN. F. JEsalon. Jenyns, p. 83. Yarrell's Br. B., 

 vol. 1, p. 48. Scarce, and in winter only. It is probably 

 the Marlion of Carew; but Dame Juliana Earners, in hep 

 Treatyse on Hawking, in the Boke of St Albans, speaks 

 of the Marlioun as large,, and so adapted for the sport of an 

 Emperor ; whereas this is of small size. 



* KESTRIL. F. Tinnunculus. Jenyns, p. 87. Bewick's Br, 



B., vol. l,p. 76, and 78. Cress Hawk, and Windhover. 

 Common in Cliff's. 



* SPARROW HAWK. Accipiter Fringillarius. Jenyns, p, 



85. Bewick's Br. B., vol. 1, p. 68. Common. The Nisus 

 of Ovid is supposed by translators to be this bird ; which 

 Gesner pronounces to be a mistake. 



* KITE. Milms Ictinus. Jenyns, p. 86. Bewick's Br. B., 

 vol. 1. p. 63. Rare ; but two or three Cornish Specimens 

 are beyond cpiestion. 



* BUZZARD. Buteo Vulgaris. Jenyns, p. 87. Bewick's Br. 



B., vol, 1. p. 57. Common. 



* MOOR BUZZARD. B. Rvfus. Jenyns, p. 88. Bewick's 



Br. B., vol. 1. p. 61. Rare. 



* HENHARRIER. B. Cyaneus. Jenyns, p. 89. Bewick ? ^ 



Br. B., vol. 1. p. 73 and 75. 



* ASH COLOURED HARRIER. B. Cineraccus. Jenyns, 

 p. 90. Rare. 



OWLS. 



* LONG EARED OWL. Olus Vulgaris. Jenyns, p. 91. 



Bewick's Br. B., vol. 1. p. 85. Scarce. 

 SHORT EARED OWL. O. Brachyotus. Jenyns, p. 92. 

 Bewick's Br. B., vol. 1. p. 87 and 89, Scarce, and in win- 

 ter only. 



* WHITE OWL. Strix flammea. Jenyns, p. 92. Bewicks 



Br. B., vol. 1. p. 90. Barn Owl. Common. An owl had 

 had its nest robbed of the young, for several successive 

 years ; on the last occasion however, when a man was agaiit 

 making his way to the recess for the same purpose, the 

 Parent bird escaped from the aperture with its only young 

 one held fast in its claw; and having carried it off in safety > 

 it never again returned to that place to breed. 



