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An Osprey was also seen at Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire, in the 

 end of September, 1878, as reported by Mr. Robt. Service \Dumf. 

 Courier, 25th March, 1879]. 



ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. 



BUTEO LAGOPUS (Gill.). 



Only one heard of in Berwickshire, where in ordinary seasons 

 they appear not uncommonly on migration [J. Hardy, in lit., 

 9, in., 79], This is probably the specimen referred to in Mr. Geo. 

 Muirhead's article, seen on various occasions on Lamberton Muir, 

 during a fortnight of the December storm. 



HONEY BUZZARD. 



Pernis apivorus (Lin. ). 



Two Honey Buzzards, which I exhibited to the Glasgow 

 Natural History Society on 30th September, 1879, kindly for- 

 warded by Mr. P. Henderson, of Dundee, were shot in Forfar- 

 shire in the same month. The female (sex ascertained by dissection 

 by Mr. Henderson) was shot at Mill Hill, on Colonel Ogilvie's 

 farm, on the estate of Lord Kinnaird, about eight miles westward 

 from Dundee, on the 10th September. Its crop and gizzard were 

 both filled with the larvae of wasps, and also a few pieces of the 

 mature insect, but not the slightest trace of fleshy matter was to 

 be seen anywhere during the dissection of this individual. The 

 male (sex also ascertained by dissection) was procured near 

 Balmuir, about four miles northward from Dundee, by Mr. F. 

 B. Sharp, Fern Hall, Broughty Ferry, on the 1 3th September. Its 

 crop and gizzard were nearly empty, and contained only a few r 

 semi-digested larvae of wasps and a small quantity of brownish 

 pulpy matter, consisting of the half-digested flesh and hair of some 

 small quadruped, probably that of a mouse, because, on close 

 inspection, the hair was not long enough for that of a rabbit. 



Mr. Henderson, who supplied the above carefully-noted and 

 interesting particulars, adds :— " These are the only authentic 

 instances of its occurrence in this neighbourhood for at least 

 fourteen years. In June, 1866, I dissected one — a dark-coloured 

 male — killed at Panmure, about eleven miles north-east from 

 Dundee. Its crop was crammed full of pheasant chicks, along 

 with considerable portions of shells of the eggs that had contained 



