Lhe Kestrel. in “ae 

with its head facing the breeze, standing on the wings 
of the wind, then descending a short distance, again it 
is stationary for a Second, and then falls direct on its 
preva lia mouse has been its object) if will cise-in 
an oblique iine to one of: its accustomed boughs, 
where it partakes of its meal: it devours field-mice 
whole, and afterwards discharges the indigestible 
‘ parts at the bill in small round balls. This bird can 
be tamed for falconry, but will only give that sport 
with small birds, such as larks. “The Kestrel builds 
no nest, but often makes use of another bird's: which 
has remained from the last year, or one forsaken— 
probably through plunder; it likes the jackdaw’s, 
Carrion crow’s, or magpie’s nest, where the female lays 
four or five eggs. This bird nests in April, and may 
be found in decayed trees, hich ruins, or rocks. When 
the young are fledged, it collects a lot of food and 
places it:by them, so that they can help themselves ; 
the parent birds are rarely seen at the place where 
iietheewaree is in the middle of the day, during the 
last week of their offspring’s confinement, but both at 
dawn and evening they bring a fresh supply of food. 
_ This bird is not feared by the small feathered tribe as 
the sparrow hawk is; its presence causes but little 
