14 THE BIRDS OF RAINHAM. 



Museum 25 Buzzards were obtained in East Kent 

 alone ; I have heard of others being obtained in West 

 Kent, a pair was shot in my district. 



The same year I happened to hear a great clamour 

 overhead, on looking up I saw about a dozen Jack- 

 daws mobbing a Buzzard, the day was very fine and 

 warm ; they pursued their course upwards higher 

 and higher, at last the Jackdaws having succeeded in 

 driving the Buzzard away tumbled down one after 

 the other into their natural element, contented. 



ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. 

 Buteo lagopus (Gmel.). 



A Rough-legged Buzzard was shot December 3ist 

 1879, by a woodman in pursuit of Pigeons, on a wet 

 misty day ; it flew from one tree into another where 

 it was killed. I observed another about the same 

 time on our salt marshes. 



HONEY-BUZZARD. 

 Pernis apivorus (Linn.). 



A pair of Honey-Buzzards were shot here Sep- 

 tember 1 88 1, both in immature plumage ; one a 

 deep chocolate colour, the other a spotted variety 

 beautifully variegated with white. 



