CIRCUS ^RUGINOSUS. 143 



[^ 430. One. — " South Russia." From Herr A. Heinke, of 

 Kamuscllin, through Dr. Albert Giinther, 1863. 



Though this e^^ came to me marked '■'■ Falco buteo,''^ I refer it as above, not 

 only on accoimt of its large size, but because Herr Moschler states that the 

 Common Buzzard is a rare bird on the Lower Volga, and he is doubtful if that 

 species breeds in the district. (* Naumannia,' 1853, p. 303.)] 



CIRCUS ^RUGINOSUS (Linnaeus). 



MOOR-BUZZARD. 



^ ^^l.Four. — Whittlesea Mere, Huntingdonshire, May 1843. 

 From Mr. Harvey, of Bait's-bight. 



Hewitson, ' Eggs of British Birds,' ed. 3. pi. xvi. fig. 1 (?). 



I bought these, which were said to be from the same nest, from Mr. 

 Harvey, of Bait's-bight, near Cambridge, in May 1843. He knows the 

 egg well, and had just received them from the neighbourhood of Whit- 

 tlesea Mere. He engages a keeper who lives near Wood-Walton, and 

 a man, WiU Scarr, who keeps a small shop at Ramsey Hem, to send 

 him aU the uncommon eggs they can collect from fenmen or other- 

 wise. I have seen and conversed with both the persons in question, 

 and slept one night in the best and only inn, " The Red Cow," at 

 Ramsey Hern, where I was asked the extravagant sum of sixpence 

 for my night's lodging. 



P.S. 1854. One of these eggs has been in Mr. Hewitson's hands, 

 and perhaps he has drawn from it. 



[Ramsey Mere was drained more than thirty years ago, and Whittlesea Mere 

 in 18.51. I do not think the Moor Buzzard has bred in the fens of the Bed- 

 ford Level since the latter date.] 



§ 432. O^ee.— 18.52. From Mr. Green's Collection. 



This egg is one of two from the other side of the sea, which Mr. 

 Green had, on May 7th, lately blown. He had the bird with them, 

 I had seen him engaged in stuffing another Moor-Buzzard (which 

 had been trapped) a few days previously. I do not know whether 

 they came from Amsterdam or Hamburg. 



§ 433. Tivo. — North Brabant, 1854. From Mr. Newcome's 

 Collection. 



