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feathers of a Harrier, but of which particular species I 

 did not feel sure at first. It certainly was not a Marsh- 

 Harrier, and therefore was either the Hen-Harrier, 

 Circus cyaneus, or Montagu's C. cineraceus. The locality, 

 a marsh, did not accord with the usual breeding places 

 of the Hen-Harrier, and on my showing a specimen of 

 a female of each of these species, an objection was raised 

 that the Hen-Harrier was too large. A further coni- 

 jDarison of the tail-feathers of each left no doubt in my 

 mind that the nest was one of C. cineraceus. The nest 

 was in a dry part of the marsh, and placed in a thick 

 clump of rush and Garex. Some of the material, which 

 was also brought for my inspection, consisted of broken 

 pieces of dry reed. The nest was described as very slight 

 in construction. There was one pale bluish- white egg, 

 and this was left in the hope that more would be laid. 

 On a second visit the egg was gone, probably abstracted 

 by a Rook, as no footmarks or trodden herbage was 

 visible ; nor was the bird seen again. I think there is 

 no doubt whatever that this Harrier (Montagu's) had 

 bred here." — W. Oxenden Hammond, AYingham, Kent 

 {Zoologist, 1897, p. 363). 



Genus BUTEO, Lacepede. 

 BUZZAED. 



Buteo hiiteo (Linnaeus). 8.N., i., p. 127 (1766). 



The Buzzard is a frequent visitor to Kent, and would 

 become a permanent resident if allowed to exist, but 

 its depredations are many, which precludes it from 

 preservation. 



A large number of specimens have been obtained at 



