62 BIRDS OBSERVED IN PURBECK. 



12. Sparrow Hawk, Accipitei' fringillanus. 



Frequent. 



14. Common Buzzard, Buteo vulgaris. 



A specimen was sliot at Encombe, in the month of Octo- 

 ber, 1855. 



17. Marsh Harrier, Buteo i^fus. 



Is occasionally observed on the heaths of the northern 

 division of the Island. A specimen was killed at Arne, 

 in the autumn of 1855. 



18. Hen Harrier, Buteo cyaneus. 



22. Long-eared Owl, Otus vulgaris. 



23. Short-eared Owl, Otus Brachyotos, 



Occasionally met with in the autumn and winter. A 

 specimen was killed at Langton, November 2nd, 1855. 



24. White Owl, Strix flammea. 



Frequent, but not abundant. 



ORDER U. — INSESSORES, or PERCHERS. 



31. Red-backed Shrike, Lanius CoUurio, 



A common summer visitor. 



32. Spotted Fly-catcher, Muscicapa grisola, 



A common summer visitor. 



35. Missel-Thrush, Turdus viscivorus. 



36. Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris. 



A common winter visitor. 



37. Song-Thrush, Turdus musicus. 



38. Redwing, Turdus iliacus. 



A common winter visitor. 



39. Blackbird, Turdus Merula. 



