366 THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



American Screech-Ovvl, Otus asio (Linn.). Two, probably 

 both imported. 



Steppe-Buzzard, Biiteo cfeser/orii 7/1 (Daudm). Two, from near 

 Newcastle, in the Hancock Collection, and one Wiltshire, 1864. 

 Quite a possible wanderer, but the information about the speci- 

 mens is insufficient. 



Red-tailed Buzzard, B/i/eo borealis (Gmelin). Nottingham, 

 i860. Cannot now be proved. 



Red-shouldered Buzzard, Biiteo lineatics (Gmelin). Inverness, 

 1863. Another unsatisfactory record of an American species. 



American Rough-legged Buzzard, Buteo sancti-johannis 

 (Gmelin). Devon. Considered to be a dark form of the 

 variable B. lagopus. 



Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanoides forficatus (Linn.). Several 

 examples recorded, but it seems that the evidence is nowhere 

 satisfactory ; indeed Mr. Harting points out that there has been 

 confusion between the name of this bird and the " Fork-tailed 

 Kite " as applied to our Red Kite. 



Black-winged Kite, Elaiius ccenileus (Desfont.). Ireland, 

 1862. It is a little suspicious that a number of rare hawks and 

 other birds were recorded about this date. 



Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotahis Linn. Norfolk, 1663 (Sir 

 Thomas Browne). It has been suggested that this bird strayed 

 from St. James's Park, where Pelicans have been kept for very 

 many years. Not long ago some of the Pelicans flew from this 

 same park and were shot many miles from London. It must, 

 however, be recognised that the bird has been known to stray 

 into northern Europe from its home in southern Europe and 

 Africa. 



Red-billed Tropic Bird, Phaeton CEtherius Linn. Hereford, 

 about 1854. Quite a possible occurrence, since this bird has 

 wandered as far north as the Newfoundland Banks, but it is 

 not easy to prove now. No one takes Dr. Charles Leigh's 

 Lancashire " Tropick-Bird " seriously, for there are so many 



