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February, 1863. It is now in the collection of Mr. Newcombe, of 
Feltwell Hall, Brandon, Norfolk. As this is a strictly North- 
American species, I do not consider it necessary to figure it ; but such 
of my readers as may desire to know its history can refer to the 
writings of Wilson, Audubon, and other authors on American birds. 
Genus ARCHIBUTEO. 
UG SARCHIBUERO DAGOPUS . 63 3 °s ss 3 » ‘Vol i, Pl, VII, 
Roveu-LeEGGED Buzzarp. 
Arrives in the British Islands in autumn, occasionally in con- 
siderable numbers, when moving in migratory flocks. Its nest is 
stated to have been once found near Hackness, in Yorkshire, and also 
in the neighbourhood of Banff (vide ‘ Ibis,’ 1865, p. 12). 
Genus Prrnis. 
Of this form there are two very distinct species—one, the P. 
apwworus, inhabiting Europe, and the other the P. cristatus of India. 
The natural food of both is honey, bees and wasps, and their 
larvee. 
PEPEMENIGAPIVORUS . 6 30s bs) 3 fe Ok WoL T. Ph EX, 
_ Hownry-Buzzarp. 
A summer visitant to us and to Central Europe, which, after’ 
breeding, migrates southward to pass the winter. 
Subfamily ASTURIN A. 
Genus Astur. 
Of this form two species have been regarded as pertaining to the 
British fauna—namely, the Astux palumbarius of Europe, and the A. 
atricapillus of America. In the present work only the former has 
been figured. 
RAVOASTUR PATUMBARLUS . 6 s 6 « » « « « VoL PL XX, 
GosHAWK. 
Very generally dispersed over Europe, North Africa, India, and 
China ; occasionally killed in Scotland, where it sometimes breeds, 
13. AstUR ATRICAPILLUS. 
American Goshawk. 
This American wanderer has certainly been killed at least three 
times in the British Islands—once in Scotland and twice in Ireland. 
Respecting the first of these examples, Mr. R. Gray, in his recently 
published ‘ Birds of the West of Scotland,’ says :— 
“In May 1869, when visiting the town of Brechin, in Forfarshire, 
