. L'illustre histoire naturelle : comprenant des descriptions des animaux, oiseaux, poissons, reptiles, insectes, etc., avec des esquisses de leurs propres habitudes et caractéristiques . Zoologie. Le Gyr-Falcon. îles de la mer Méditerranée. Il fréquente les éminences rocheuses et élevé, et sur la fin du mois de février fait son nid en caractères gras, clifis. Il y a à peine une partie des côtes britanniques, où l'cliflFs lieu à la hauteur de trois ou quatre cents pieds, dans lequel pèlerins ne sont pas trouvés dispersés dans la saison de reproduction, et à partir de laquelle il est rare qu'ils prennent leur retraite, sauf que, occasionnellement, des migrants. Le Gyr-Falco

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. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. The Gyr-Falcon. islands of the Mediterranean Sea. It frequents high and rocky eminences, and about the end of February builds its nest in bold, precipitous clifis. There is hardly a part of the British coasts, where the cliflFs rise to the height of three or four hundred feet, in which falcons are not found scattered in the breeding season, and from which they seldom retire, except as occasional migrants. The Gyr-Falcon is extremely rare in England, those intended for hawking being principally brought from Iceland. On the rooky coasts of Norway and Iceland its eggs are laid. These birds are very courageous in defending their young. A pair of them attacked Dr. Richardson while he was climbing near their nest, flying in circles round him, and occasionally dashing at his face with loud screams. The entire length of the Gyr-Falcon is twenty- three inches. The Merlin, the least of the English Falcons, was con- sidered in olden times as the lady's bird, every rank being obliged to content itself with the bird allotted to its peculiar station, royalty alone having the privilege to bear an eagle into the field. The spirited little Merlin seizes with great dexterity small birds, such as buntings, thrushes, and blackbirds, itself really hardly larger than its prey, its entire length being barely eleven inches. Even the partridge falls before a trained bird. Its eggs are four in number, of a reddish mottled brown, laid in a rude nest among the heather. The Kestrel, or Windhover, as it is often called, frequently falls a victim to the mistaken zeal of the British farmer, who takes every opportunity of destroying it, as he confounds it with the sparrow-hawk, of the Kestrel is field-mice, so that the farmer should protect 19*. The KestraL The natural food. Please note that these images are extracted from

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