THE BUZZARD 31 



time ago we found two collectors who 

 intended to make a descent on certain 

 Buzzards' nests with marked maps which 

 had been supplied to them by this man ! 



THE LAYING OF THE EGGS. 



After the nest is completed, a whole 

 week will sometimes elapse before the 

 first egg is laid. In the majority of 

 cases, I might say in almost every case 

 that has come under my notice, the 

 Buzzard will commence to sit immedi- 

 ately after the first egg is deposited in 

 the nest. Three, four, or five days later 

 the second egg is laid, and the third 

 egg follows usually two days after the 

 second. Incubation takes thirty days. 

 Although I have seen a very large num- 

 ber of Buzzards' nests in Wales, I have 

 never yet seen a nest containing a clutch 

 of four eggs. I believe the Devonshire 

 Buzzards often lay four eggs, but the 

 usual number to be found in the Welsh 



