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of the Honey Buzzard in various recent instances. Early 

 in the month of July, 1838, a female Honey Buzzard 

 was shot off her nest in Wellgrove Wood, in the parish 

 of Bix, near Henley-on-Thames, by Lord Camoy's game- 

 keeper. Two eggs were taken from the nest, and the 

 male bird which continued to haunt the wood was also 

 shot. The nest, a very large one, was placed in the fork 

 of a beech tree, and was built of sticks of considerable 

 size, with which were intermixed twigs with the leaves on. 

 The lining was composed of leaves and wool. 



Other instances are mentioned as occurring in Warwick- 

 shire in the season of 1841. The old birds were obtained : 

 one was shot, the other was caught in a trap baited with 

 young rabbits. They had been seen to carry off young 

 pheasants in their claws. 



Willughby appears to have been the first to describe and 

 name the Honey Buzzard as a British bird. 



Besides various specimens obtained in Suffolk, Norfolk, 

 and along the eastern coast as far north as Northumber- 

 land, which have been already referred to, the Honey 

 Buzzard has been killed in several western counties, in- 

 cluding Dorsetshire, Devonshire, and Worcestershire. Dr. 

 Heysham considered it very rare in Cumberland, and had 

 only met with one specimen : he was told that it bred in 

 the woods at Lowther. Mr. Thompson of Belfast has 

 recorded one example killed in the north of Ireland. Mr. 

 Macgillivray mentions two instances of the occurrence of 

 this species in Scotland. 



According to Linnaeus, Brunnich, Muller, and Pennant, 

 the Honey Buzzard inhabits Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 

 and Russia. From thence southward, it is found in Ger- 

 many, France, Italy, and the south of Europe generally. 

 At Tangiers and in Sicily the Honey Buzzard is only 

 seen in spring on its passage northwards. Dr. Ruppel 



