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Birds. 
on which it lays wool to receive its eggs. He saw one 
that took possession of an old kite's nest to breed in, 
and that fed its young with the larva} of wasps, for in 
the nest were found the combs of wasps' nests, and, in 
the stomachs of the young, fragments of wasp-maggots. 
In the nest were two young ones, covered with white 
down, spotted with black. In the crop of one of them 
were two lizards entire, with their heads lying towards 
the mouth, as if they sought to creep out. 
It would be highly interesting could we discover the 
manner in which this bird conducts its attack on a 
wasps' nest. The close feathering round the base of the 
bill, is, no doubt, a protection against the stings of the 
insects which they attack. 
THE GOSHAWK, (Falco, or Astur palumbarius,) 
Breeds in lofty trees in Scotland, and destroys a great 
quantity of small game, which he seizes with his sharp 
and crooked talons, and carries to his nest. He is of the 
hawk tribe, and somewhat larger than the common 
buzzard ; his bill is blue, and he has a white stripe 
over each eye, and also a large white spot on each side 
of the neck. The general colour of the plumage is deep 
brown ; the breast and belly white, transversely streaked 
with black ; and the legs yellow. Buffon, who brought 
up two young Goshawks, a male and a female, makes 
