neighbourhood, a year or two before. They frequently fly 

 by day, and do not court the lhades of night fo much as 

 the other fpecies.'* 



It feeds on mice and other fmall animals, and ufually builds 

 in chimnies and old ruined buildings ; it lays five roundifli 

 white eggs, blotched with cream colour and light brown. 



A fine fpecimen of this bird is in the London Mufeum, 

 from which our figure was taken. 



