BUZZARDS. 9 



her 1884, I observed a Buzzard flying low over the 

 stubble pick up a Partridge, which it held screaming 

 in its claws. I pursued it with a companion, when 

 the Partridge was dropped and escaped unscathed. 



ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. Buteo lagopus, (Gmelin). 



Yarrell, i. p. 115 ; Harting, p. 6 ; Arcliibuteo lagopus, Dresser, 

 v. p. 471 ; Aquila lagopus, Seebohm, i. p. in ; Ibis List, 



P- 95- 



The Rough-legged Buzzard is a northern species, 

 rarely visiting this county in autumn. Two passed 

 through the hands of Mr. Rolls, bird-stuffer, of Wey- 

 mouth, one of which was shot at Weymouth, the 

 other at Creech Grange, in Purbeck ; two shot in the 

 neighbourhood of Blandford were in the collection 

 of the late Mr. C. O. Bartlett ; Mr. Hart, of Christ- 

 church, stuffed a Dorsetshire specimen in 1857 ; and 

 one was killed at Rempston in 1862. An immature 

 bird shot at Morden Park in 1871 is now in the 

 possession of the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, who saw 

 one alive at Bloxworth in 1862 ; while the last on 

 record was shot at Alderney Manor, Poole, in the 

 autumn of 1879 (C. Hart). 



HONEY-BUZZARD. Pernis apivorus, (L.) 



Yarrell, i. p. 121 ; Harting, p. 6 ; Dresser, vi p. 3 ; Seebohm, 

 i. p. 69 ; Ibis List, p. 100; Falco apivorus, Pulteney's List, 

 P- 3- 



The Honey-Buzzard is a summer migrant, and still 

 breeds in favoured places in Great Britain, notably 



