286 Mr. Eyton on the Fauna of Shropshire. 



these rare British birds was killed three or four years ago on Lord 

 Cawdor's estate in Wales. 



Aquila Chrysaetos, Linn. (Golden Eagle.) " This kind of eagle 

 sometimes migrates into Caernarvonshire, and there are instances, 

 though rare, of its having bred in the Snowdon hills, from whence 

 some writers give that tract the name of Creigiau'r eryri, or the eagle 

 rocks." — Penn. Brit. Zool. 



Falco (Pandion, Sav.) Haliaetos, Linn. (Osprey.) A fine specimen 

 is in the possession of Burton Borough, Esq., of Chetwynd, Salop, 

 killed a few years ago, while hovering over a pool near that place. 



Accipiter fringillarius, Ray. (Sparrow-hawk.) Common. 



Milvus regalis, Briss. (Kite.) Formerly common both in this 

 county and in Wales, but is now becoming rare in consequence of 

 the persecution it has undergone from gamekeepers. 



Falco Buteo, Sibb. (Lagopus, Linn.) (Rough-legged Buzzard.) 

 A specimen is in my collection, killed near Ludlow ; and in the edi- 

 tion of Pennant's British Zoology, published in 1812, vol. i. p. 228, 

 will be found a note mentioning a specimen, obtained in Flintshire. 



Buteo vulgaris, Sibb. (Common Buzzard.) Common in North 

 Wales ; now and then I have observed a solitary one, or a pair, in 

 some of the large woodlands in Shropshire. This species is easily 

 tamed. 



Falco (Circus, Briss.) cineraceus, Mont. (Ash-coloured Harrier.) 

 But one of this species has come under my observation, nor have I 

 ever heard of others. The specimen alluded to was killed near Dol- 

 gelly. 



Falco (Circus, Briss.) Pygargus, Linn. (Common Harrier.) I 

 have several times observed these birds near Corwen ; they have also 

 been observed near Walford by R. A. Slaney, Esq. It is remark- 

 able with what regularity they return to the same beat at the same 

 time for many days together, which propensity often tends to their 

 destruction. 



Circus rufus, Briss. (Moor Buzzard.) Common in Wales. This 

 bird takes endless varieties with regard to the colouring of the head, 

 the crown being sometimes of the same colour as the rest of the 

 body, (as in the specimen figured in Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 which is now in my possession,) and sometimes nearly white. 



Otus vulgaris, Flem. (Long-eared Owl.) Though not common, 

 has several times occurred in the district. 



Strix (Otus, Cuv.) Brachyotus, Gmel. (Short-eared Owl.) Tole- 

 rably common in Wales, where it is called the Woodcock Owl, from 

 its arriving about the same time with that bird. 



