HONEY BUZZARD. 



PERNIS APIVORUS. 



Family Falconid.e. Genus Perxis. 



The Honey Buzzard, once a regular summer visitor 

 which bred in most counties of England and Wales, 

 now, alas ! must be classed with the many other fast 

 diminishing and scarce birds of this family. At one 

 time Hampshire was the regular summer haunt for 

 these birds, and many pairs resorted to it to rear their 

 young, but they have been hunted down, trapped and 

 shot for the naturalist's collection, until we can no 

 longer reckon them among our annual visitors. Who 

 is to blame for this lamentable result ? I fear the 

 collectors themselves more than anybody else. Here 

 is an extract from a lecture given by " Mr. John " at 

 Queenwood in 1874: "The Honey Buzzard is still 

 to be found in the neighbourhood of Fritham in the 

 New Forest, and some eggs as well as birds are, we 



