of Passage in the Neighbourhood of Carlisle. 97 



Quail. — On the 29th of December a Quail was killed near 

 Kirkbride, a small village within a short distance of Sol way 

 Firth; and notwithstanding the time of the year, it was in most 

 excellent condition, and proved, upon dissection, to be a male. 



We are induced to record this circumstance, as it confirms 

 the statement we made in our notice of this species for the 

 year 1829, that " a few have been known to remain over the 

 winter*." 



9. Turtle Dove (Columba Turtur).—A Turtle Dove was 

 killed in Blackwell Wood on the 18th or September. It was 

 a young bird, being entirely destitute of the black patch on 

 each side of the neck. This is the first specimen we have 

 seen that has been obtained in this neighbourhood, although 

 we have been informed that it has been met with at Woodside, 

 and one or two other places ; it is however of very rare occur- 

 rence in this county. 



17. Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus). — We were shown a 

 specimen of this elegant bird on the 1 7th of November, by 

 a dealer in this place, who states that it had been killed 

 about the middle of October last near Raughton Head. It 

 was evidently a very young bird, and agreed in every respect 

 with the description given by Temminck, of les jeunes de 

 Van?iee, of this species, having a few very small buff-coloured 

 spots sparingly scattered over the head and neck. So little 

 was the possessor aware either of its value or rarity, that he 

 had allowed it, through neglect, to become putrid before it had 

 been skinned, and it was in consequence materially injured. 

 This is the second specimen that has been obtained in this 

 county ; and as the Honey Buzzard is decidedly one of the 

 rarest of the British Falconidce, the following particulars of its 

 capture, &c. in this country may possibly interest some of our 

 ornithological readers. 



2. A female, at Selborne, Hampshire, in the summer of 1780. 

 — White's Nat. Hist, of Selborne, vol. i. p. 186. 



3. A female, near Carlisle, Cumberland, June 13th, 1783. — 

 Hutchinson's Hist, of Cumberland, vol. i. p. 5. 



In the cabinet of the writer of this notice. 



4. A specimen, supposed to be a female, at Highclere, Berk- 

 shire. — Montagu's Orn. Diet. 



In the British Museum. 



5. A specimen, seen on Slapton Ley, Devonshire, a few years 

 previous to the year 1813.— Montagu's Sup. Orn. Diet. 



6. A specimen, near Yarmouth, Norfolk, a few years prior to 

 1825. — Linnaean Transactions, vol. xv. p. 6; Fauna Bo- 

 reali-sJmericana, p. xii. 



* Phil. Mag. and Annals, N.S. vol. vi. p. 276. 

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