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Asio otus, L. Long-eared Owl. Local, confined to woods 

 and plantations on the North Downs (A. P.M.) ; Dartford 

 Heath (W.J.D.) ; West Wickham, 1893 (B.L.) ; Eltham and 

 Deptford (Fn.B.) ; Sundridge Park, 1898 (J.A.W.B.). 



Asio accipitrinus, Pall. Short-eared Owl. Irregular in occurrence 

 (A.P.M.) ; Bromley, rare (B.L.) ; Dartford (W.J.D.). 



Syrnium aluco, L. Tawny Owl. Bromley, rare (B.L.) ; Black- 

 heath (Fn.B.) ; Greenwich Park (A.D.W.) ; breeds in Royal 

 Naval College, Eltham (C.R.B.) ; Lee, occasionally (J.F.G.) ; 

 Bromley, bred 1901 (J.A.W.B.) ; Chislehurst, the Grays, 

 Farnborough (A.P.M.) ; Dartford, nests (W.J.D.). 



Athene noctua, Scop. Little Owl. Eltham, 1857 (Fn.B.) ; Bromley, 

 one shot about 4 years ago (A.P.M.) ; Horton Woods and 

 Baldwyn's Park, Dartford (W.J.D.). 



ACCIPITRES 



Circus cyaneus, L. Hen Harrier. Greenwich Marshes (Fn.B.). 



Buteo vulgaris, Leach. Common Buzzard. Keston, 1892 (B.L.) ; 

 Eynsford, 1903, Famingham (W.J.D.). 



Accipiter nisus, L. Sparrow Hawk. Generally distributed, but 

 shot and captured by keepers wherever met with (A.P.M.) ; 

 Dartford (W.J.D.) ; Bromley, rare (B.L.) ; nest 1900 (J.A.W.B.); 

 Blackheath (Fn.B.) ; Greenwich Park (A.D.W.) ; Lee, occa- 

 sionally (J.F.G.) ; rare, Lewisham (B.W.A.) ; Well Hall 

 (W.H.P.). 



Faleo peregrinus, Tuns. Peregrine Falcon. Accidental visitor, 

 occasionally recorded (A.P.M.) ; Lee, 1896 (J.F.G.). 



Falco subbuteo, L. Hobby. Has been recorded at Keston and 

 ..also shot at Dartford (A.P.M.) ; Famingham, many years 

 ago (W.J.D.). 



Falco aesalon, Tuns. Merlin. Eltham (Fn.B.) ; Dartford (W.J.D.). 



Falco tinnunculus, L. Kestrel. Fairly common generally (B.W.A.) ; 

 Bromley, rare (B.L.) ; few nests every year (J.A.W.B.) ; 

 Blackheath (Fn.B.) ; Greenwich Park (A.D.W.) ; Shortlands 

 (W.G.) ; Lee, frequent (J.F.G.) ; Woolwich Rectory (S.G.S.) ; 

 Dartford, common (W.J.D.). 



Pandion haliaetus, L. Osprey. Hayes, 1884 (B.L.) ; Bromley 

 (J.A.W.B.) ; Belvedere (W.J.D.). 



