ACCIPITRES. ( 302 ) FALCONID^. 



THE BUZZAED. 



COMMON BUZZARD, GLEAD, GLED, KITE, PUTTOCK. 



Buteo vulgaris. 



The sheep-hoy •whistled loud, and lo ! 

 That instant, startled by the shock, 

 The Buzzard inounted from the rock, 



Deliberate and slow. 



Wordsworth. 



Although it is probable that, in former times, the Buzzard 

 bred in Berwickshire, it is now only an occasional autumn 

 and winter visitor to the county, when on migration from 

 the northern parts of Europe. 



Selby, writing in 1839, mentions an example which he 

 had received from Mellerstain.-^ Lauderdale appears to be 

 a favourite resort of this bird, for we find Mr. Kelly record- 

 ing that six or seven specimens had been obtained there, 

 from about 1868 to 1875,^ aud that two occurred in the 

 spring and winter of 1876, while one was seen at Blythe 

 Edge in January 1877.^ Mr. Hardy relates that a Buz- 

 zard was observed about the beginning of October 1874, 

 moving with slow, leisurely flight, between the Pease 

 Bridge and Cockburnspath,^ and that another, in immature 

 plumage, was captured about two miles north-east of Duns, 

 on the 22nd of February 1877.^ Mr. Charles Watson, Duns, 



1 Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, vol. i. p. 256. 



2 Ibid. vol. vii. p. 301. 3 Ibid. vol. viii. p. 142. 

 4 Ibid. vol. vii. p. 294. ^ ibid. vol. viii. p. 196. 



