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10. — The Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus). Potter mentions cue 

 killed on Charnwood Forest in 1841. One was shot at 

 Theddingworth on 18th June, 1879, by Mr. W. Hart, who 

 described it as haunting the vicinity of wasps' nests. Mr. M. 

 Browne writes to me of this bird : " On dissection, a great 

 quantity of small wasps, Crabro (sp. inc.), and larvae of various 

 Lepidoptera heterocera, with a few common Coleoptera, were 

 discovered as having formed its latest meal." This specimen 

 is now in the possession of Mr. E. W. Chase, Hagley Road, 

 Birmingham, whom I have also to thank for a note of it. 



11. — The Hen Harrier (CircuH cyaiieus). One instance only recorded 

 by Potter, on Charnwood Forest, in 1841. The bird was seen, 

 but not killed. 



12. — The Long-eared Owl (Otu^ vulfinrii^). Again I am indebted to 

 Potter's book for a Charnwood specimen, though without 

 date. Mr. Browne informs me of one killed at Gopsall, Lord 

 Howe's seat, in 1880. 



13. — The Dipper (Hijdrohata clndm). This bird has been occasionally 

 seen and obtained on the troiat streams in Bradgate Park. 

 One was shot some } ears ago out of a brook near Noseley, and 

 is now in Sir A. Hazelrigge's collection. 



14. — The Dartford Warbler (Melizophihis provincialis). Rev. F. O. 

 Morris, in his "History of British Birds," states that a 

 specimen of this bird has been killed at Melton Mowbray, but 

 he gives no date. There is in the Leicester Museum, a 

 magnificent collection of British birds, presented by the late 

 Mr. Bickley, of Melton ]Mowl>ray, and amongst them is a 

 Dartford Warbler. I fondly hoped for some time that this 

 might be the identical bird mentioned by MoitIs as having 

 been taken there, but I have recently ascertained that the 

 Leicester bird was procured in Nottinghamshire. I mention 

 this in order that any ornithologists of the latter county may 

 lay claim to its appearance. 



15. — The Fire-crested Regulus (Regtihix hjnirupiUur^). Mr. Davenport 

 tells me that he saw a pair of these birds in some fir trees, at 

 Skeffington, in 1880. 1 have no doubt, if carefully looked for, 

 they would be occasionally found. 



16. — The Bohemian Wa.xwing (Bomhucilla (jarnilaj. I am informed 

 by Mr. Bickley, of Melton Mowbray, whose late brother presented 

 the collection of birds bearing his name to the Leicester Museum, 

 that the specimen of this bird in that collection was shot near 

 Melton Mowbray. 



17. — The Crossbill (Loxia en rvi rostra). This is another bird which is 

 not sufficiently looked for, or it would be more frequently 

 observed. Rev. A. Matthews has seen it on many occasions 

 at Gumley, and I saw several specimens at one time in that 

 locality some years ago. They have been seen there during the 

 past autumn. 



18. — The Rose-coloured Pastor (Pastor rosem). One was seen near 

 Foxton, about 1870, by my late lamented friend, Rev. H. 

 Matthews. It was in the company of a flock of starlin"s. 

 The observer was so true and thorough a naturalist that his 

 testimony is not open to doul)t in tlie minds of those who knew 



