7i2 APPENDIX. 



A few words will explain the caufe of their disap- 

 pearance in thefe northern regions ; a defect of food 

 at certain feafons, or the want of a fecure afylum 

 from the perfecution of man during the time of 

 courtihip, incubation and nutrition. 



Hawks. Eagles, and all the ignoble fpecies of this genus 



breed in Great Britain -, of the Falcons, we only 

 know that which is called the Peregrine, which 

 builds its neft annually in the rocks of Llandidno, 

 Caernarvon/hire -, and the Gentil, and the Gojhawk 

 which breed in Scotland. 



Owls, We are allured that every fpecies breeds in Eng- 



land, except the little Owl, and Jhort eared Owl. 

 The laft breeds in Scotland, and the Orkney ifles, 

 but migrates into England at the fame feafon as 

 the Woodcocks do. Hawks and owls are birds of 

 prey, and having at all times in this ifland means 

 of living, are not obliged to quit their quarters. 



Shrikes. The FluJJjer, or red back Shrike, and the great 

 Shrike, breeds with us •, we have not heard of the 

 other, fo fufpec"t that it migrates. 



Crows. Of this genus, the Hooded Crow migrates re- 



gularly with the Woodcock. It inhabits North Bri- 

 tain the whole year : a few are faid annually to 

 breed on Dartmoor, in Devon/hire. It breeds alfo 

 in Sweden and Anftria, in fome of the Swedi/h 

 provinces it only fhifts its quarters, in others it re- 

 fides 



