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, takes ample revenge on them, at every opportunity, 
y robbing, them of their game, the hard-earned iriuts 
Iheir labour. 
o Tile duck haivk, it is said, often folloivs the steps ot 
y gunner, knowing that the ducks will be aroused on 
"'ing, which will afford it an almost certain chance 
‘success. 
have been informed, that those ducks which are 
down, have their backs lacerated from the rump 
b neck. If this be the tact, it is a proof that the 
i^"’k employs only its talons, which are long and stout, 
w the Operation. Oae respectable inhabitant of Cape 
1 , told us. that he has seen the hawk strike from 
: Tills species has been long known in Europe ; and 
...‘Ve age of talcoury, was greatly valued for those 
?^'‘bcations which rendered it estimable to the lovers 
b followers of that princely amusement. But we 
strong objections to its specific appellation. 1 he 
b5'f*'et peregrine is certainly not applicable to our 
which is not migratory, as far as our most 
inquiries can ascertain; and, as additional 
'|ueiice of the fact, we ourselves have seen it prowling 
the coast of New Jersey, iu the mouth of May, 
heard its screams, which resemble soraowliat those 
1,1 fhc bald ea'de, iu the swamps wherein it is said to 
i/'Bd. We have therefore taken the liberty of changing 
cl! ^Uglisl, name for one whicli will at once expres^s a 
^ uracteristic designation, or which will indicate the 
without the labour of investigation.* 
Of This species,” says Peunai.t, “ «" f’j*; 
0 , ^'hiiiilufoo in (Imrnarvonslure, Wales. f That pro- 
^““tury has been long famed for producing a generous 
lial“ Specific names, to be perfect, ought " *7^ peeii- 
'“y. common to no other of the genus. Am. Orn. . ■ Ga- 
it t We suspect that Venuant is uiistaken ; its iianie denotes that 
Perl indigenous iu Great Britnm. Bewick says, The 
or passenger falcon, is rarely met with iii Biitam, aaid 
Ji “^daently Is, t,ut little known with us. British Birds, part i. 
