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Revised and torrected by E. H, Bodd. X ^^^- 



THE following is a statistical summary of the birds at present 

 included in the Cornish Fauna. It may be remarked that 

 Cornwall and the Land's End locality, including the Scilly Isles, 

 have been singularly fortunate in rendering specimens of our 

 rarer birds, and this may be in a great measure attributed to its 

 extreme westerly position, and other influences which climate 

 and other causes arising from its maritime and peninsular char- 

 acters are calculated to aid. 



HAP TOJRUS. (Birds of Prey.) 



Spotted Eagle, Aquila ncevia, Trebartha and Carnanton. One 

 specimen killed at Trebartha in 1861, and another shortly 

 after at Carnanton, both in immature plumage. 



White-tailed Eagle, A. albicilla, sometimes seen on the sea-coast. 



Osprey, Pandion Halicetus, several examples obtained. One ex- 

 ample killed at Scilly in Sept., 1849. 



Greenland Falcon, F. Greenlandicus ; very rare in the southern 

 parts of England : one killed at the Lizard, another at Port 

 Eliot, in St. Germans. 



Peregrine Falcon, F. peregrinus ; frequently observed at Scilly, 

 where they breed. 



Hobby, F. subbuteo ; rare : summer visitor. 



Bed-footed Falcon, F. rufipes ; rare. Wembury, near Plymouth, 



within a few miles of Cornwall. 

 Merlin, F. JEsalon ; winter visitor : not uncommon. Frequents 



the outskirts of moors, bordering on cultivated land. The 



old male with a light blue back is the Stone Falcon of Bewick. 

 Kestrel, F. tinnuncuhis ; generally distributed. 

 Sparrow-hawk, A. nisus ; generally distributed: the female of 



this species is at least one-third larger than the male. 



