NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 29 



from New Granada, and Thanmantis camadeva, from the Himalayan 

 district in India. 



PAPERS READ. 



T. — Note on the recent occurrence in various parts of Scotland of the 



FiOugh-l egged Buzzard (Archihuteo lagopus).^ 



By Ja^ies Lumsden, F.Z.S. 



The recent N.E. gales, although destructive to life and pro- 

 perty, have given all interested in the migration of birds some- 

 thing to speculate on, in the almost unprecedented number of 

 Rough-legged Buzzards which have been driven to this country. 



About the 22d of October, Mr M'Culloch, bird-stufFer, showed me 

 a specimen of the Rough-legged Buzzard (Archihdeo lagopus), which 

 had been sent him from the neighbourhood of Castlecary, Stirling- 

 shire. The bird, Avhen first observed, was in the act of eating a 

 grouse, but flew away on the approach of the gamekeeper who 

 saw it. In about ten minutes, however, it returned to its feast, 

 and was shot by the man, who was waiting for it near the place. 



A few days afterwards I received a letter from Mr Robert Gray, 

 stating that four Rough-legged Buzzards had been sent that week 

 to the bird-stufi'ers in Edinburgh. Those proved to be but the 

 first of a long list of specimens which have come in from almost 

 every part of Scotland. Even now, it is impossible to say how 

 many have been procured, or how many may have visited this 

 country during the past few months ; but I fear that few of the 

 birds which landed in Scotland will ever return to their native 

 haunts. Large hawks are now, unfortunately, so uncommon in 

 the lowland counties, that when one does appear, it is almost 

 sure to fall to the gun or trap of some watchful gamekeeper. 

 The present flight has extended from the north-east to the south- 

 west ; and the following is a list of some of the captures of which 

 we have authentic information : — 



1 Specimen from Castlecary, Stirlingshire. 



8 „ Duntreath, do. 



1 „ Aucheneden, do. 



1 „ Dumbartonshire. 



5 „ near Dundee: other 7 observed. 



* This Paper was read in Nov. 1875, but has since been rewritten, and 

 brought up to the present date, May, 1876. — J. L. 



