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associate with an egg, so I hunted everywhere, but without 

 success. 



This year (1903) I first heard it at " West Lodge" on 

 May 10th. 



48. — Barn Owl (Strix Flammed). 



A resident at " The Cedars." I often see them flit noise- 

 lessly by while we sit out at "West Lodge" watching the 

 Crystal Palace fireworks. At other times we hear them screech- 

 ing one to the other. Its cry is a sort of scream. Particularly 

 did I notice the way they answered one another, 19th July, 1901, 

 right across the grounds. Our night watchman reports that he 

 sees them sitting in quite a friendly way alongside the pigeons ; 

 often a pair of them, and once as many as five ; no doubt 

 watching for mice. 



49. — Tawny Owl (Syrnium Aliwa). 



The tawny owl when young utters " too- whit " over and 

 over and over again. This note we often hear on a July evening 

 at "The Cedars," and this year (1903) on July 12th, I located 

 two nests in the great elms on " The Cedars' " lawn. When 

 mature it has a prolonged whistle on a running down scale, 

 which causes it to sound like a child in distress. This is followed, 

 after a short interval, by exactly the same note on the running 

 down scale, only in a tremolo. 



We often hear the old birds ; this year as early as March 

 1st ; the prolonged tremolo sounding above the Church bells, 

 railway trains, and howling wind. 



50. — Sparrow Hawk (Accipiter Nisus) 



Another occasional visitor to " The Cedars." Some ten 

 years ago one became almost a fixture here in the spring, finding 

 my chickens easier to take away than wild birds. 



On 18th April, 1900, at "The Cedars," I saw one sailing 

 round and round the house ; and 16th October, 1899, an 

 unusually large female came quite close to " West Lodge." 



51. — Peregrine Falcon (Falco Peregrinus). 



On 22nd March, 1896, Frank Penn, Eric Penn, and myself 

 watched one for a considerable time circling over "The Cedars' " 



