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HAWKS. 
to tones of joy and satisfaction on the appearance of 
any person with whom he was familiar. The nar- 
rator of the above concludes his account, by adding, 
that he was as playful as a kitten, and as loving as 
a dove. In Egypt, and Turkey too, a particular 
species is often domesticated, and may be seen in 
the farm-yards and gardens, like the Sparrow-hawk 
just mentioned, in company with pigeons, without 
showing any inclination to injure them ; and in the 
course of 1833, a Hawk, which we believe to he of 
a similar species to that domesticated in Turkey, 
namely, the Common-buzzard, not only sat upon the 
eggs of a common barn-door fowl, hut instead of de- 
vouring them when hatched, according to its natural 
habit, actually paid them considerable attention, as 
long as they were allowed to remain in the place where 
they were hatched, though when removed to another 
more spacious enclosed situation, with the brood, not- 
withstanding, she showed no inclination to kill them, 
she avoided them altogether, and incessantly strug- 
gled round the enclosure in hopes of escaping. 
Another instance has been noticed near Lichfield. 
A female of the same species, domesticated and 
kept in a garden, was set with some eggs of the 
common poultry, which she hatched at the usual 
time. When the chickens were freed from the 
shell, this strange stepmother defended them in the 
most furious manner, scarcely allowing any person 
to approach the wooden box in which they were 
hatched and kept, and to which they retired when- 
ever they chose ; and no dog or cat could venture 
near, without being stoutly assailed by the Buzzard. 
Its fury far surpassed that of a common hen, as 
