Pi na ]] Can , au ^ European specimens I have examined. 
Fellow!’ L r . are . known by retaining traces of the 
Spots r.| S 1 a ™ le * n E‘rior surface in larger or smaller 
The -l’ 011 the belly, flanks, and under tail-coverts, 
extensi en . arr * er ’s favourite haunts are rich and 
open an I a iIUS ’ and bnv pounds. Though preferring 
mtin-i'ri ' , la J 1I P a, 8 n countries, and seeming to have an 
like the’ i° , ests > w hich it always shuns, it does not. 
Jut ; s ^"‘coloured harrier, coniine itself to marshes, 
informe/*] Se ,t?.,’ n dr j countries, if level. We are 
southern ni^ Wl that it is much esteemed by the 
iiig t] u , | * an ters, for the services it renders in prevent - 
Qwion.rs™ 11 !!™ °* * bc rice-birds upon their crops, 
fliat this v ’S'iant, it is not only by the facial disk 
»f chasino . lr< * a PP r °aches the owls, but also by a habit 
'^asiomillvlt - ‘| U r r ‘| ing I 1 !"' evenill 8> «t twilight, and 
p ®ckon it- ^ 1 ' when the moon shines. Falconers 
oowardlv ,f mon 8 the ignoble hawks. Cruel, though 
‘hem on)’ , searc iPS evcr y where for victims, but selects 
on moles' a ™ on § weak and helpless objects. It preys 
tame • an uce, young birds, and is very destructive to 
'Ws. fishes, snakes, insects, or even 
rapid stn „„ t i '= , ! s always low, hut, notwithstanding, 
-ailin’,, over aU< ! " I0 f a "t- it is commonly observed 
" hence it nm? !° S ’ ,°, r P er cbed on trees near them, 
has thus str„i | CC * Sll, ( < '".'y upon its prey. When it 
S the grass or reeds"!;' 0 - 0 *’ if tt / e ; a PP ears flnickly 
“ “ ' ' has missed 
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"uenoe It , r 1 ™" irees near men 
has thus stn„.l- Ce ! Slll ( ei !'y »pon its prey. Wlien i 
from the o-rass "Eject, if it re appears quickl 
aim • tor if i' <!< ' <s .’ 14 , ls a proof that it has misse 
lt . ’ ° Uler " ls ®, Hs prey is devoured on the 
its 
J pot. 
■Htcrts, among reeds 'ruargh f [ 0<1 V eutl y iu thick furze 
>f trees, but generallv ,i - V ,JUsbes , the low branches 
t <S£; arts — ■ *-» 
^.asfcr* v-"** axtsrt 
'rntg^erlll ' f ° « contains from three to six, 
ind round l T ° r , Ve ’ } ,a!e blll Eh-white eggs, large 
with white* I cac l '-" d ’, i 1( ' 3 r ° un g are born covered 
rust colour t "?V 0 ."; hl 1 cU sucoeed S11 > a « feathers of a 
ur, vaned with brown and black. If any one 
