frequently relieved by the male ; at this time if they are 
alarmed, the male will often utter a shrill scream, and 
sometimes takes wing, and continues a low whistling note 
until the alarm has subsided. 
It feeds on insects, worms, aquatic seeds, and roots, and 
may frequently after harvest be found in stubble fields, pick- 
ing up scattered grain ; at this time their flesh is well 
flavoured, though at other seasons it is frequently rank and 
fishy. 
Numbers of the young are destroyed by the Moor Buzzard 
find other species of hawk, also by trout , and pike ; when 
taken young they soon become familiar, and will associate 
with ducks, and readily attend them to the farm yard. Its 
provincial names, are Moor-Hen, Moor-Coot, Marsh-Hen, 
Cuddy, and Water-Hen. 
