ADDITIONS SINCE 1899. 819 



October 15th two were seen coming in from the sea by Mr. 

 Caton-Haigh, on the north Lincolnsliire coast, and others 

 were reported subsequently {ZooL, 1904, p. 297). Between 

 October 12th and 17th several were seen in Norfolk (J. H. 

 Gurney, t.c, p. 213) ; two were killed in Rufford Forest, 

 Notts., in the second week of October ( J. Whitaker, t.c, 1903, 

 p. 459). 



Ireland. — Additional to the thirteen recorded in the 

 " Birds of Ireland," a male was shot on October 4th, 1899, 

 near Londonderry (D. C. Campbell, Irish N., 1900, p. 50) ; a 

 female in the early part of 1903 in co. Tyrone (E. Williams, 

 t.c, 1903, p. Ill) ; another was shot in co. Down in November, 

 1903 (N. H. Foster, t.c, 1904, p. 120) ; two were seen and one 

 of them poisoned in December, 1906, in co. Wicklow (W. J. 

 Williams, t.c, 1907, p. 162) ; and a male was trapped in co. 

 Cork on November 18th, 1906 (R. J. Ussher, I.e.). 



GOSHAWK Astur palumbarius (L.). S. page 331. 



There seems little doubt that a female Goshawk built a 

 nest and laid four eggs therein in a small wood at Westerdale, 

 Grosmont, Yorkshire, in May, 1893. The bird was shot at 

 the nest by a keeper named W. M. Frank, and the eggs were 

 taken. The bird and eggs were presented to the Norwich 

 Castle Museum in 1898. Although it was suspected that there 

 was a male bird in tlie vicinity there is no evidence to support 

 the supposition. The female had lost a toe, but was otherwise 

 in good condition. The eggs were fresh at the time the 

 bird was shot. If the bird was an escaped trained bird it is 

 somewhat doubtful whether it would have thus built a nest 

 and laid eggs without a mate. Moreover, it was described as 

 being very wild (c/. T. Southwell, ZooL, 1899, p. 28, and T. 

 H. Nelson, Birds of Yorks., Vol. I., p. 341). 



BLACK KITE Milvus migrans (Bodd.). S. page 337. 



The second example of the species recorded in the British 

 Isles was a male shot near the city of Aberdeen on April 16th, 

 1901. Its stomach contained a few small feathers only (G. 

 Sim, Ann. S.N.H., 1901, p. 133). 



HONEY-BUZZARD Pernis apivorus (L.). S. page 339. 



[Two supposed nests of this bird were found in May, 1897 

 and 1899 by Mr. Charles E. Nipper, in Somersetshire (W, 



