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Mr. G. Dowker, in his Birds of East Kent, says : " The 

 Kite, ' Common ' Kite, as it is sometimes called, is a very 

 rare bird now. The old inhabitants of Canterbury used 

 to see this beautiful bird sailing along over the Sturry 

 Marshes, and there are some specimens in the Canterbury 

 Museum that were probably shot in the neighbourhood. 

 One of these birds was seen in 1867, and I believe one 

 has been seen since." 



Mr. E. T. Fihuer states that " sometime about the 

 year 1876, Mr. Washford, late of Euckinge Kailway 

 Crossing and now of the Bridge Cottage, Euckinge, 

 pointed out to me a pair of these birds sailing around 

 each other, far above the summer clouds " ; and the Eev. 

 C. H. Fielding gives the following locahties in which it 

 has been observed : Chffe (1881), Eamsgate (1887), and 

 Eodmersham, Kent. Dr. A. G. Butler states : " I once 

 saw this bird circling over a poultry yard at Sittingbourne, 

 in Kent, but probably it was not hungry, as it suddenly 

 turned and soared out of sight." Mr. G. Dowker, in 

 his Birds of East Kent, 1889, writes : " Smce writing 

 my notes on this bird, a fine male specimen of the Kite 

 has been killed in the neighbourhood (Stourmouth) and is 

 in the possession of J. C. Kay, Esq., of Godmersham." 



Genus PERNIS, Cuvier. 

 HONEY-BUZZAKD. 



Pernis apivoriis (Linnaeus). S.N., i., p. 30 (1766). 



This species, like the Kite, is seldom met with in Kent, 

 and is soon made a victim of its visits. 



Boys, in his Birds of Sandwich, 1792, includes the 

 Honey-Buzzard. Mr. J. P. Wilmot, in his notes on this 



