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Mr. Dalziel Mackenzie has informed me that an 

 Osprey was shot in the Livedon Woods, in the parish 

 of Hambledon, during the winter of 1858. It was 

 seen in the adjoining Fawley Woods for several days 

 previously. 



In 1864, as I learnt from Mr. Hasell, of Windsor, 

 an Osprey was shot by a keeper named Deane, in 

 Windsor Great Park. 



Some time since, Lord Henry Scott informed me 

 that there was a stuffed Osprey in the hall at Ditton 

 Park, Buckinghamshire. Upon going over to the 

 Park to see it, I learnt the following particulars con- 

 cerning it. On the 26th of September, 1863, the 

 lodge-keeper saw a large bird flying over the park at 

 an immense altitude. On returning to the spot with 

 his gun, which was loaded with No. 2 shot, he 

 saw the bird settle upon the ground near a tree; 

 he approached carefully in hope of getting a shot, but 

 making some slight noise, the wary bird made off, and 

 recommencing its aerial evolutions, again ascended to 

 a great height. He watched it for nearly an hour, 

 until he marked it down again by a clump of trees, 

 some way off; it was now growing dusk, but the 

 keeper, being anxious to obtain the bird, made for 

 the place where he had last seen it settle. He ap- 

 proached carefully, and this time was more fortunate, 

 for as the Osprey rose the cruel shot rattled against 

 his feathers, and ' stretched him almost lifeless on the 

 sward.' He was soon despatched, and the lucky 



