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and Mr. C. S. Gregson informs me that there is a crag near Grasmere 

 still known as " Eagles' Cliff." Mr. J. F. Crellin has ascertained that 

 a pair of Eagles used to build in the high cliffs at the south end of the 

 Isle of Man : none have bred since this pair was destroyed in a snow- 

 storm, about fifty years ago. 



In the south of Scotland, the Sea Eagle used to breed in Dumfries 

 (Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist. i. pp. 119 and 444), in Kirkcudbright 

 (Rev. T. B. Bell}, on Ailsa (Mr. R. Gray], on the Bass (J. Wolley, in 

 ' Ooth. Woll.' p. 49), and seems to be nearly or quite extinct in the 

 south of Scotland, but is still to be found nesting in various localities in 

 the Highlands and Scottish isles. 



PANDION HALIAETUS (Cuv.}. Osprey. 



Provinces [I. ?] [XIII.] XV. XVI. XVII. 



Subprovinces (3 ?), (27), (29), 31, 32, 34, 35. 



Lat. 56-59. " Scottish" type. Not in Ireland. 



Mr. W. D. Crotch informs me that a nest was built, eighteen years 

 ago, at Monksilver in Somersetshire : " the keeper shot the birds when 

 making their nest." 



Mr. R. Gray tells me that the nest has been found on Loch Doon, in 

 Ayrshire. Other localities might be cited in Stirling, Perth, Elgin, 

 Inverness, Argyle, Dumbarton, Ross, and Sutherland; but the bird and 

 its eggs are so much sought after by collectors that very few pairs 

 continue to nest in any part of Scotland*. 



FALCO PEREGRINUS (Gmel.}. Peregrine Falcon. 



Provinces I. -III. [IV.] V.-VII. X.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-7, (11), (14), 15, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24-38. 

 Lat. 50.-61. " British " type, or general. 



Thinly scattered from the south to the north of Great Britain. 

 More frequent on the rocky headlands of the north and west coasts, 

 and not found in some of the level districts of the middle and south-east 

 of England. 



HYPOTRIORCHIS SUBBUTEO (Boie\ Hobby. 



Provinces I. II. III. IV. V. VIII. X. 



Subprovinces 3, 4, 5-12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23. 



Lat. 50-54. " Germanic " or South-eastern type. Not in Ireland. 



A scarce bird in all the districts where it breeds. Though noticed 

 by Dr. Moore as breeding in Warleigh Woods, the Hobby is not 

 included in any of the recent lists which I have received from Devon- 

 shire, nor have I any record of its nesting in Wales. It seems to be 

 .more frequent in the south-eastern and midland counties of England, 

 its distribution thus resembling that of the Nightingale. 



* We doubt if the Osprey has bred in Scotland for more than ten years. ED. 



