22 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
when fe threw the fmall pieces of the Sheep into : 
the air, they would catch them before they could . 
- fall to the ground, | 
- The Buzeard is a thort-winged Falcon, If 
the hen Buzzard fhould by any accident be killed, - 
the cock will fit upon the eggs, and hatch the 
young ones. It lays its eggs” ‘fometimes in a 
Crow’s neft, which it makes uae and lines 
with wool. . = 
The Keftril is another, It builds in the hol- — 
low of trees, the holes of high rocks, or in old 
towers and ruins. We often fee it high in the air, 
fufpended, and almoft without motion. All this 
> time it is watching for its prey, and frequently 
darts down and takes up a little chicken, if it ftray 
from the hen: and this all other Hawks and Kites 
will do when they can. , 
_ Fowlers fometimesufea Hawk, called the Hobby, 
when they go out to take Larks. When the Larks _ 
fee the Hobby they lie clofe to the eround througa: 
fear, and the Fowler draws his net over them. 
a There is a Falcon in America, called the Suf- 
 flator. When. he is angry or affrighted he pufis 
_up his head until it appears as large as his body. _ 
Some of the Falcons not only eat hares, and — — 
| fabbits, and {mall birds, but they feed apen ie a 
: zards, and worms, and infects, oe 
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