ADDITIONS SINCE 1899. 317 



Cornwall. — Now a rare casual, bred on Redmoor Marsh 

 till 1855 (J. Clark, t.c, 1907, p. 284). 



SciLLY. — A casual visitor. Five are recorded ; the last, a 

 young bird, was seen 12th October, 1903 (J. Clark and F. R. 

 Rodd, t.c, 1906, p. 299). 



Scotland. — An old male was shot early in May, 1898, at a 

 place in Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire (R. Service, Ann. 8. N. H., 

 1898, p. 182). The bird is very rare in Scotland. 



HEN-HARRIER Circus cyaneus (L.). S. page 317. 



SciLLY. — Has only been obtained once in the last twenty- 

 five years (J. Clark and F. R. Rodd, Zool., 1906, p. 299). 



Cornwall. — Nested on Goonhilly Downs till about 1841 

 (F. V. Hill). After that date it became a casual of fairly 

 frequent occurrence. In 1903 it again nested in the county, 

 and has done so every year since (J, Clark, t.c, 1907, p. 284 ; 

 cf. also t.c, 1906, p. 34). 



Hants. — The last nest in the New Forest seems to have 

 been found on June 12th. 1893 (cf. B. of Hants, p. 142). 



North Wales. — A pair nested near Nevin (Carnarvon), 

 in 1902 (H. E. Forrest, Vert. Fauna N. Wales, p. 218). 



Otherwise the bird seems to be only a visitor in autumn 

 and winter to the eastern and southern counties of England, 

 while it still breeds, although in diminishing numbers, in parts 

 of Scotland and Ireland. 



MONTAGU'S HARRIER Circus cineraceus (Montagu). 

 S. page 319. 



Nesting Records. — Northumberland. — A female shot at 

 Coquetdale by a gamekeeper on July 11th, 1905, had the 

 appearance on being skinned of having incubated for some 

 days (A. Chapman, Bird-Life of the Borders, 2nd ed., pp. 

 229-231). Yorkshire. — A nest with two eggs was found on 

 a moor in the extreme south of the county in 1906, but the 

 female was caught at the nest. Several earher instances of 

 its having bred are noted (T. Nelson, Birds of Yorkshire, 

 Vol. I., p. 323). Notts. — A male shot near Ratchet Hill in 

 June 14th, 1905, probably had a female sitting (J. Whitaker, 

 Birds of Notts., p. 159). North Wales. — A pair nested in June, 

 1900, near Bala, but both birds were shot (H. E. Forrest, 

 Vert. Fauna N. Wales, p. 219). Camhs. — Two pairs bred in 

 the Fens in 1893, and one nest was taken. A pair also probably 

 bred at the same place in 1895 (N. F. T.). Norfolk. — Try to 

 rear their young every year, but the nest is taken or the old 



