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BERWICKSHIRE. --One seen at Burnfoot on i4th October, 

 another at Blackadder woods on iSth November. Nested again at 

 Duns woods, where they are preserved. CHARLES STUART, Chirn- 

 side. 



FORFARSHIRE. One seen in the woods at Collision Castle, 

 near Arbroath, on the 22nd of October. T. F. DEWAR. 



ABERDEENSHIRE. One loth October, and another i2th Novem- 

 ber, seen near Aberdeen. L. G. ESSON, Aberdeen. 



Two young birds shot on the 2gth of October at Peterhead. 

 In one of these the crimson was developing on the head. WM. 

 SERLE, Musselburgh. 



Six have passed through the hands of Mr. George Sim ; all but 

 one birds of the year. 



CAITHNESS. One obtained at Scotscalder on 3oth September, 

 and a young male caught at Auchingill on igth October. LEWIS 

 DUNBAR, Thurso. 



One near Wick, 4th November. J. SUTHERLAND. 



European Hawk-Owl in Aberdeenshire. On 2ist November 

 an excellent female specimen of the European Hawk-Owl (Surnia 

 ii In la) w f as shot by William Smith, factor on the Haddo House 

 Estates. The bird weighed iii ounces, expanse of wings 28^ 

 inches, length from beak to end of tail 14^ inches. The stomach 

 was filled with the bones and hair of mice. The chief external dif- 

 ference in this species from that of our native Owls are its long 

 rounded tail and short wings. And the principal internal difference 

 lies in the fact that the furcula is not complete, that is, it does not 

 form the usual V- or U-shaped bone common to most other birds, 

 but takes the form of two long bony processes, which are united to 

 the anterior point of the sternal crest by strong tendons, each f 

 of an inch long. Two examples of the American Hawk-Owl 

 (Surnia funerea) have been obtained in Scotland, and one supposed 

 European Hawk-Owl in Unst. G. SIM, Aberdeen. 



Honey Buzzard in Aberdeenshire. A young specimen of the 

 Honey Buzzard (Perm's apivorus) was shot near the home farm of 

 Kinmundy on i5th September, and sent to Mr. M'Boyle, Peterhead, 

 for preservation. G. SIM, Aberdeen. 



Honey Buzzard at Peterhead. There was shot at Kinmundy on 

 1 9th September an immature specimen of the Honey Buzzard 

 (Perm's apivorus). The plumage was dark brown, with a slightly 

 lighter shade on the cheeks, throat, and belly ; there were three bars 

 of a slightly darker colour on the under side of the tail feathers ; 

 these feathers likewise were tipped with gray. The plumage was 

 very close, and when separated showed abundance of white. There 

 was one shot at Pitfour in the same neighbourhood, probably a 

 young male, seven or eight years ago, and is now in the possession of 

 the gamekeeper there. WILLIAM SERLE, Musselburgh. 

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