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Genus Cireus. 
Circus aeruginosus (Linn.). 
Breeds in small numbers in Holland in marshy places, 
leaving in autumn as a rule. 
Breeds in very small numbers in the Br. Isl. 
Circus macrourus (Gmel.). 
Has once occurred in Holland in 1866 (v. Wickevoort 
Crommelin, Archives Neerlandaises, part II, p. 71). 
Circus cyaneus (Linn). 
A rare summer visitant to Holland, a rare resident in 
Gr. Br. 
Circus cineraceus (Montagu). 
Breeds in Holland in small numbers in N. Brabant, 
Friesland, N. and S. Holland, leaving in autumn. A scarce 
visitor on migration in England, Scotland and Ireland. 
Genus Circaëtus. - 
Circagtus gallicus Vieill. 
Has thrice occurred in Holland, one was shot in 1848 
near Rotterdam (Zool. Gardens Museum of Rotterdam), 
Genus Buteo. 
Buteo vulgaris Leach. 
Breeds in Holland in most of the wooded districts. Has 
of late greatly diminished in number in the British Islands. 
Genus Archibuteo. 
Archibuteo lagopus Gmelin. 
A regular winter visitor to Holland. An irregular but 
almost annual straggler to England (H. S.). 
Genus Aquila. 
(Aquila clanga) Pall. 
A rare straggler to the Br. Isl. 
Was believed to have been obtained in Holland (Tijd- 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
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