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have been obtained in Yorkshire, near Helmsley, 

 May 25, 1859, and in Bolton Woods forty or fifty 

 years ago ; cf. Clarke, "Birds of Yorks.," pp. 28, 29. 

 But these records probably refer to the Fork-tailed 

 Kite {Milvus regalis). 



RED-SHOULDERED BUZZARD. Buteo lineatus (Gme- 

 lin). Length, 21 in. ; bill, 1-4 in. ; wing, 13*25 in. ; 

 tarsus, 3 in. 



Hah. North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, 

 from Texas to Northern Canada. 



One, Kingussie, Inverness, Feb. 26, 1863 : Newcome, Ibis, 

 1865, p. 549; Gray, "Birds of West of . Scotland," 

 p. 49. 



Fam. STRIGID^. 



SNOW OWL. Nyctea scandiaca (Linnseus). PI. 4, figs. 

 6, Qa. Length, 23 in. ; wing, 17 in. ; tarsus, 2-25 in. 



Hab. Northern Europe, and Asia as far eastward as 

 Amoorland ; North America, and Greenland. 



One, Shetland, spring 1812 : Edmondston, Meon. Wern. 

 8oc. Edinb.^ 1822, p. 157. An adult male, presented by 

 Edmondston to Bullock for his museum in Piccadilly, 

 which was sold in 1819. See Evans and Buckley, 

 " Fauna of Shetland," p. 108. 



One, Unst, Shetland, Sept. 1813 : Yarrell, " Hist. Brit. Birds." 



One, Felbrigg, Norfolk, spring 1814, after a severe winter: 

 Hunt, "Brit. Orn." (1815), p. 148. 



One, Gunton, Norfolk, Jan. 1820: Hunt, in Stacey's 

 "History of Norfolk" (1829). In the collection of 

 Lord Suffield. 



Two, Rothbury and Elsdon, Northumberland, Jan. 1823: 

 Selby, " Illus. Brit. Orn.," i. p. 96 ; Hancock, " Cata- 

 logue Birds of Northumberland," p. 20. 



