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YERTEBRATA— ^ 
Revised and coTTected by R. if. Rodd. 
T he following is a statistical summary of the birds at present 
included in the Cornish Eauna. It may he remarked that 
CornwaU and the Land’s End locality, including the SciUy Isles, 
have been singularly fortunate in rendering specimens of our 
rarer birds, and this may be in a great measure attributed to its 
extreme westerly position, and other influences which climate 
and other causes arising from its maritime and peninsular char- 
acters are calculated to aid. 
RAPTORES. (Bieds op Peey.) 
Spotted Eagle, Aquila nmvia, Trebartha and Carnanton. One 
specimen killed at Trebartha in 1861, and another shortly 
after at Carnanton, both in immature plumage. 
White-tailed Eagle, A. alhioilla, sometimes seen on the sea-coast. 
Osprey, PaudKM Hultc^tusy several examples obtained. One ex- 
ample killed at SciUy in Sept., 1849. 
Greenland Falcon, F. Greenlandicus ; very rare in the southern 
parts of England : one killed at the Lizard, another at Port 
Eliot, in St. Germans. 
Peregrine Falcon, F. ^eregrinm ; frequently observed at SciUy, 
where they breed. 
Hobby, F. swblwteo ; rare : summer visitor. 
Eed-footed Falcon, F. rufipes ; rare. Wembury, near Plymouth, 
within a few mUes of CornwaU. 
llerlin, F. ^salon ; winter visitor : not uncommon. Frequents 
the outskirts of moors, bordering on cultivated land. The 
old male with a light blue back is the Stone Falcon of Bewick. 
Kestrel, F. tinmmculus ; generaUy distributed. 
Sparrow-hawk, A. nisus; generaUy distributed: the female of 
this species is at least one-third larger than the male. 
