6 INDEX-CATALOGUE of THE 1URDS 



Case 



11. Osprey. 



No. 1 (centre). Mature female. 



Shot at the nest in Glen More, April 18th, 1850. 



Remark. — The nest and two eggs of this specimen are in 

 the adjoining cabinet. J. H. 



No. 2 (right). Mature male. 



Shot at Newburn-on-Tyne, near Newcastle, May, 1838. 



,, 3. (left). Female in first plumage. 



Shot near Heworth, 1841. 



J. Hancock. 

 Genus. BUTEO. 



12. Common Buzzard. Buteo vulgaris, Willughby. 

 No. 1 (upper left). 



Shot at Alston, Jan. 9th, 1844. 

 ,, 2 (upper right). Male. 



Shot at Alston, May, 1 844. 

 „ 3 (lower left). Female. 



Caught in a trap at Ravensworth, Feb , 1837. 

 ,, 4 (lower right). Female. Dark variety. 



Remarks. — This bird (No. 4) lived in confinement from 

 1835 till March 1844. In 1835 the iris was pale lead col- 

 our, when it died the iris was dark hazel. J. H. 



13. Common Buzzard. 



No. 1 (left). Male. 



Washed up by the sea on Whitburn Sands, March 

 26th, 1856. 



See Nat, Hist. Trans., vol. VI., p. 5. 

 ,, 2 (right). Female. 



Cumberland, Dec, 1836. 



J. Hancock. 

 Genus. ARCHIDLTEO. 



14. Rough-legged Buzzard. Archibuteo lagopus 



(Briinn). 

 No. 1 (left). Mature female. 



Bishop Auckland. 



