neighbourhood, a year or two before. They frequently fly 
by day, and do not court the lliades 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 roundilh 
white eggs, blotched with cream colour and light brown. 
A fine fpecimcn of this bird is in the London Mufeura, 
from which our figure was taken. 
