212 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



TAWNY OWL, Syrnium aluco (L.) Gray writes (" B. W. S.") : " Mr. 

 Alston informs me that it is very common in Upper Ward of 

 Lanarkshire." At present it appears to hold a middle place 

 between the two preceding, and is not uncommon. [Mr. 

 Paterson states (" Notes ") that " Owls are less common, ac- 

 cording to Mr. Amos, since the great destruction of timber in 

 Douglasdale a decade ago" (1883-84).] 



COMMON BUZZARD, Buteo vulgaris. Leach. Specimen preserved 

 in Mr. D. Pringle's collection, which was got at Eastend two 

 years ago. 



ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, Buteo lagopus (J. F. Gmelin). Specimen, 

 got by Mr. E. Stodart, preserved in Eastend House ; another 

 in possession of Mr. R. Gray, who shot it on Shawhill. One 

 was shot on Westsidewood Estate, Carnwath, March 15, 1896 

 ("Annals of Scottish Natural History," 1896, p. 191). 



[EAGLES. [In "S. A." it is said that " the Eagle is sometimes seen on 

 the hills to the north of Dunsyre, particularly on Craigengar " 

 (1834); and under Hamilton that "the Erne is often observed" 

 (1835).] An Eagle flew between Douglas and Carmichael some 

 years ago (Mr. T. Cranston). Mr. Paterson has the following 

 note: "A Golden Eagle, Mr. Amos tells me, took up its quarters 

 in an island on one of the lochs recently, where it created some 

 havoc among the Ducks, which are rigorously protected."] 



SPARROW HAWK, Accipiter nisus (L.), local name " Blue Hawk." 

 This species still holds its own, and may be seen dashing over 

 the hedgerows or by the side of plantations after its prey. On 

 March 20, 1897, a female struck the plate-glass window of 

 Manse dining-room in an attempt to seize a canary. 



KITE, Milvus ictinus (Savigny). A specimen of this species is 



preserved in Eastend House, shot on the estate about ten 



years ago (in/or, in lit. July 22, 1897, by Mrs. Thomson 

 Carmichael). 



PEREGRINE FALCON, Falco peregrinus (Tunstall). This Falcon is 

 occasionally seen. Two specimens, young and old females, 

 got by Mr. Ed. Stodart, are preserved in Eastend House. Mr. 

 A. Telfer informs me that an injured female has for some time 

 roosted on one of the windows of Douglas Castle, and that he 

 has seen this species occasionally on the moors. He possesses 

 at present a fine tamed bird, 9, now in its second year, taken 

 from an eyrie on Meggat Water, Peeblesshire. 



MERLIN, Falco fcsalon (Tunstall). This species still nests in the 

 parish and district, but is not so common as the Sparrow 

 Hawk or Kestrel. 



