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BIRDS. 
CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SOUTH DEVON 
INCLUDING THE RARE & ACCIDENTAL VISITANTS, WITH OCCASIONAL 
REMARKS ON THEIR GEOGRAPHY. 
I have refrained much from mentioning the places where 
specimens of the rarer birds have been procured, because the 
maps will in great measure give that information. 
Those marked with an asterisk have been observed only in South 
Devon, or at most in Devon and Cornwall. 
ACCIPITRES. (Turton's British Fauna.) 
Falco chrysaetos .—Golden eagle. Has been seen 
in the county, but not in late years. Avoiding the 
vicinity of man, they seem to visit but rarely dis¬ 
tricts gradually yielding to cultivation. 
Falco albicilla .—Sea eagle. Observed occasion¬ 
ally. Affects the land as well as the sea. 
Falco haliaetus.— Osprey. Chiefly in estuaries 
and at the mouths of rivers, but though oftener pro¬ 
cured here than in most parts of England, is but 
rarely noticed. I believe three have been obtained 
here within the last five or six years. 
Falco palumbarius.— Goshawk. Has been seen 
on Dartmoor. Probably breeds on the coast, as a 
young bird was shot near Falmouth in August, 1838. 
