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BIRDS OF THE COAST. 
the Land’s End. The species however he could not 
tell. A Whale was found dead off Penzance not 
long since. Amongst the “ rarer fish of Cornwall” 
is mentioned the Blower or Fin Fish, Balcena 
Physalus, Linn. Now besides these notices, our 
catalogue (p. 196) will shew that at the least our sea 
produces eight species, and that the “ Cornish 
Fauna” records many more. 
We have now to conclude the subject of the 
Birds of Devon by speaking of those on the shore 
and sea. With regard to the Accipitres we enume¬ 
rate the following as more or less peculiar to the 
coastsThe Peregrine Falcon, Red-leggedFalcon,* 
Osprey, Sea Eagle, and Kestrel. In this tribe of 
birds we perceive that besides their disposition to 
roam and change residence, there are remarkable 
examples of diversity of habit in the same species. 
Thus, while the Kestrel is found pretty commonly 
in inland counties, with us it is almost wholly con¬ 
fined to the coasts. The Peregrine Falcon and 
Osprey are not very uncommon, but the Sea Eagle is 
decidedly rare. The Gyrfalcon and Goshawk have 
both been taken on our coast but once. A few pas¬ 
serine birds must be mentioned in connexion with 
the coasts. The Rock Pipit is stationary, its food 
seeming to consist of the smaller marine insects. 
The Chough is likewise a coast bird, but is not 
stationary on the Devon shores, visiting us only in 
small numbers towards winter. These two seem to me 
to be the only true passerine birds of our coast, at 
least, alterations have taken place in the geographi¬ 
cal situation of the Wheatear, Jackdaw and Martin, 
* I have derived my knowledge of tlie occurrence of many of 
our rarer birds from Dr. Moore’s catalogue in Loudon’s Maga¬ 
zine of Natural History. Dr. M. enumerates 243 Devon species. 
I find also from the same author that the Sussex list amounts 
only to 175, and that of Norfolk and Suffolk conjointly to 217. 
