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lays five eggs, which are spherical, of a dirty white colour, 
and marked with large blotches of brown, some marked 
mostly at the larger end, some almost covered, some of 
even the same litter almost white, 2} by 13.” My own 
clutch being rather larger than those of Lineatus confirm 
these measurements. 
THE AFRICAN BUZZARD. 
(Burgeo DESERTORUM.) 
Rejected from the B.O.U. List. 
Noticed by Newton. 
Noticed by Seebohm, 
who, as above, dismisses ‘Lineatus, ‘ Borealis,’ and 
‘Desertorum,’ as having possibly escaped from confine- 
ment. 
Professor Newton says: ‘‘ From information received 
from Mr. Gurney it appears that an example of Buteo 
Desertorum (Dandin), a species of extensive southern and 
eastern range, has been killed in Wiltshire; but as yet no 
record of the fact seems to have been made public.” 
Mr. J. H. Gurney writes in the Ibis for 1876 that 
Mr. Gould, in his introduction to his magnificent work 
on the Birds of Britain, ‘ mentions a Buzzard (B. deser- 
torum) which had been killed at Eversley, in Wiltshire, 
September, 1864. This specimen he kindly permitted 
me to examine when in his custody, so some years since, 
and therg# appeared to me to be no diferent to hat it 
was Desertorum immature.” Mr. Gurney also writes 
there are two which he considers British specimens; the 
Bywell bird of 1830, which is in Hancock’s museum; and 
the Tynemouth bird of 1870, which is in the Newcastle 
museum. My clutch of four eggs are rather smaller than 
