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of the Honey Buzzard iu 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 Carney's gamekeeper. 

 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 rabits. 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 Linneus, Brunnich, Muller, and Pennant, 

 the Honey Buzzard inhabits Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 

 Russia. From thence southward, it is found in Germany, 

 France, Italy, and the South of Europe generally. At 

 Tangiers and in Sicily the Honey Buzzard is only seen in 



