intricate subject at rest, by the rearing the joung from the 
nest, the particulars of which, as communicated to the Lin- 
nean Society, we shall transcribe. 
" About the latter end of June, 1805, a nest of the He k- 
Harrier Was found in some furze, which contained three 
young", and an addled egg ; at this time the infant birds 
were very small and only covered with white down ; it was 
theref<grre determined to take them as soon as we deemed 
them sufficiently large to be brought up by hand; when that 
period arrived^ the servant was directed to shoot one, and if 
possible, both of the old birds; previously to his bearing 
away what was considered a prize of no small value. 
'^On the return of th^ man with the young, he brought 
with him also the Hen-HarrieR, which he assured us he 
had, under concealment in the furze, shot in the act of drop- 
ping a thrush into the nest, while the female was covering 
the joung. He afterwards shot at and wounded the female^ 
but could not obtain her. 
" At this time the two largest had thrown out many fe?i- 
thers, sufficient to discover the phnuage of the Ringtail 
approaching ; the other, by its appearance, must have been 
hatched much later. In about a month, it was evident, from 
size, that there was but one male, so that my hopes rested 
on this single life. As they became full feathered there 
was at first no distinction in plumage, but the eyes of the 
supposed male were always lighter than those of the 
others, whose irides were so dark as not to be distinguish- 
able at a small distance from the pupii. In the dress of the 
