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most inaccessible parts of our cliffs. The 
nest is formed of sticks and dry sea- weed. 
It lays three or four eggs. 
These birds are undoubtedly great de- 
stroyers of the feathered race. Near a nest 
discovered on a high cliff, on the coast of 
Caermarthanshire, lay above a dozen rooks, 
crows, and gulls. 
The Gentil Falcon, from its nature, is 
limited to certain districts; for it inhabits 
the mountainous parts, or where it can settle 
in security upon the shelving rocks of some 
stupendous cliff. With us therefore it is 
chiefly confined to the bold and rocky parts 
of our coasts, where it breeds, not only in 
security, but in the midst of plenty. From 
its habits, therefore, it appears to be less 
common than it really is. It seldom quits 
those solitary situations, except for occasional 
migratory purposes, or when the young 
are driven by their parents to seek fresh 
quarters ; to which violent remedy they have 
recourse, like the Eagle, from hard neces- 
sity, which breaks the bonds of families, and 
dissolves the union of every society, as soon 
as the tracts inhabited afford not a sufficient 
subsistence. 
