CHAPTEE IV. 



Buzzards pair of anecdote as to Return of Migratory 

 Birds to same haunts Same harbour holds Trout of 

 same size Starlings breeding of in the Isle of Wight 

 large flock of Visitation of Buntings Increase of Wood 

 Pigeons Their numbers fluctuate Stock Dove. 



A FINE Buzzard was towards the end of De- 

 cember 1856, shot by the tenant on a farm 

 situated on the north side of the Island. There 

 was another in company with it, which he said 

 he could also have killed had he had a double 

 gun with him instead of a single. About a fort- 

 night after this happened, whilst a party were 

 shooting about a couple of miles from the place, 

 one of the beaters picked up another buzzard 

 just dead, and still warm, but exhibiting no ap- 

 parent cause for its death. It had not been shot 

 at by any of the party. On examining it, I found 

 that one of its feet was contracted, to such an 

 extent that it could not be opened, and was con- 

 sequently led to suppose that this might have 



