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Circus Cyaneus. Hen-Harrier. 
BRocKHOLES says: ‘‘In different years, formerly, I have 
occasionally seen a Harrier. I never obtained one, and did not 
identify the species for certain. It was probably the above. 
Bidston Marsh. (Br. p. 4.) 
Wales: S1r Pyers Mostyn has a female specimen at Talacre. 
Mr. W. H. Hearon one (a female) shot at Plas Heaton about 
1840; and Mr. Wywnw one, also a female, obtained at Rig; 
while a male, also trapped there, could not be preserved. 
Mr. Ruppy tells me of one being shot on Moel Ferna in 1877; 
Mr. W. Kerr, Maesmor, says he has killed one and seen 
others; Mr. A. T. JEBB says he has seen one in the Llansilin 
district; and Mr. R. H. V. KyrKxe one on Bodidris Moor 
in’1891. 
The late Mr. J. Price, in his Guide to Llandudno, says— 
“the Merlin, Sparrow-Hawk, and Hen-Harrier used to be 
denizens of this part of Wales.” 
** Buteo vulgaris. Common Buzzarp. 
BROCKHOLES says: ‘‘ Seven or eight years ago, one was shot 
at Puddington. ‘Two others frequented the Dee marshes near 
there the same autumn, preying on wild fowl.” (Br. p. 4.) 
In the Grosvenor Museum there is a specimen from 
Thornton-le-Moors; and another from the Eaton Estate. The 
latter weighed 2ibs. 940z., and had been feeding on rats and 
skylarks [R.N.] Mr. Gartanp has two specimens shot néar 
Eaton. 
Not uncommon in the mountainous parts of Flintshire and 
Denbighshire; one was shot at Bathafarn, near Ruthin, in 
July, 1871, by Mr. A. O. WALKER’s Keeper. One from Moel 
Fammau is in the Grosvenor Museum. Mr. Ruppy states that 
it is seen in Denbighshire in the winter (and breeds in 
Merionethshire); and Mr. A. T. JEBB mentions two having 
been caught in traps at Rhiwlas, near Llansilin, one of which 
isin Ellesmere Museum. Mr. Wynn has two in his collection 
from the Rig Estate; and Str Pyers Mostyn one at Talacre. 
Buteo lagopus. RouGH-LeGceD Buzzarp. 
Mr. Cooxson has a specimen shot at Oakmere in the 
summer of 1881. Mr. GARLAND trapped one in winter some 
years ago, near Aldford, using a goose fora bait. It is in his 
collection at Eaton. 
In Wales it occurs occasionally. Mr. Ruppy says that in 
his district it is frequent in winter. The Hon. C. H. Wynn, 
Rug, has six specimens from his own estate, and thinks it is not 
much rarer than Buseo vulgaris. Has been shot at Nant-y-ffrith 
[R.H.V.K.] Sire. Pyvers Mostyn has one shot at Talacre in 
1839. Sir W. WILLiAMs, of Bodelwyddan, tells Mr. WALKER 
that he once shot one at Bodidris, 
