78 THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIRE. 



male was shot near Kingsbridge in March, 1864 (Zool. 

 1864. p. 9039). The Uev. G. C. Green has drawn 

 my attention to a fine Kite in the collection of Mr. 

 Andrews, who writes; " The Kite, which I have in 

 my possession, came into my hands about fifteen 

 years since, being before that in the collection of 

 the late Rev. C. Bulteel. The bird w^as known to 

 be in the neighbourhood a little time before it was 

 killed, about twenty five years ago, I should think, 

 but I am not certain at all as to this. It was 

 caught by a boy in a gin on the southern edge of 

 Dartmoor." The Rev. C. Bulteel adds: " I am sorry 

 to say I can not tell you the exact date of the 

 capture of the Kite on Dartmoor, but I was quite a 

 boy at the time, and I should think it was at 

 least thirty years ago." A few other specimens exist 

 in Devon ; there is one for instance, in the collection 

 of the Earl of Morley, which was killed at Saltram. 

 Mr. A. L. Hine-Haycock tells me that his brother 

 saw a Kite at Sidmouth in 1887 ; Mr. R. M. J. 

 Trill observed a Kite in December, 1880, near 

 Newton Abbot {Field, Dec. llth, 1880); Mr. Murray 

 Mathew possesses a t'er?/ rece?^^ Devonshire specimen, 

 and one was seen near Chagford in May, 1890 

 {Field, May 24th, 1890). 



HONEY BUZZARD.— P«7i/es apivorus (Liun). 



A EAEE visitant ; very few occurrences of the Honey 

 Buzzard can be accredited to Devonshire. Birds 

 have, however, been killed in several different 



