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before by Mr. L. Edmonston, a young gentle- 
man well versed in ornithology of that coun- 
try, and from whose testimony, as well as that 
of several gentlemen of the isles, I have not 
the smallest doubt of its breeding and remain- 
ing the whole year in the mountainous preci- 
pices of both that island and Yell. They 
are seen at the end of summer in compa- 
ny with their young, three or four together; 
the latter are then brown, their flight, which 
I had several opportunities of observing, was 
more light and buoyant than any of the Hawks, 
but not so much so as our common Barn Owh 
They prey by day on various animals : one 
wounded in the isle of Balta disfforo-ed a 
young Rabbit whole ; and that now in my 
possession had in its stomach a Sandpiper, 
with the plumage entire." 
Latham observes that this bird is found in 
the Northern parts of Europe and America, 
in Sweden, Iceland, and Hudson's Bay, and 
sometimes, though rarely, in Pennsylvania. 
Our drawing was made from a specimen 
in the London Museum. 
