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Pitcox. Three or four were shot in Berwickshire in June, 1845, 

 in which county the species again appeared in 1863-64 in one or 

 two instances. Specimens have also occurred in the counties of 

 Roxburgh (at Newton-Don, near Kelso, in May, 1867), Dumfries 

 (on several occasions), Selkirk, Peebles, Fife, Stirling, Ross (at 

 Strathpeffer, near Dingwall, in June, 1863), and Aberdeen. In the 

 last named county, where this bird has been obtained on perhaps 

 ten or twelve different occasions, the nest has been found at least 

 in two instances ; one of these is referred to by Macgillivray, who 

 mentions the occurrence of a nest in the woods of Aberfeldy, on the 

 authority of Mr J. M. Brown; and in the other case both birds were 

 obtained and forwarded to Mr Wilson, gunmaker, Aberdeen, for 

 preservation. I am indebted to Mr Angus of that city for the 

 following notice of the circumstance : " A pair of Honey Buzzards 

 were shot in the woods of Ballogie the property of Mr Dyce 

 Nicol, M.P. in 1867; the female was shot in the nest by the 

 forester on the 12th July, her mate having been killed by the 

 gamekeeper about a week previously. The stomachs of both 

 contained bees and honey. The nest was built in a tall fir tree 

 which was difficult to climb, the trunk being smooth and branch- 

 less. The structure was about three feet in diameter, very flat, 

 and composed of twigs of various sizes, and covered with grass roots. 

 The eggs, two in number, were about the size of those of a domestic 

 hen, slightly tapered, their colour resembling rosewood, blotched 

 with very dark brown." 



The last record I have of the Honey Buzzard is from the same 

 county, where an adult male was shot in August, 1868. 



RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. 



BUTEO LINEATUS. 



A YOUNG specimen of this North American bird was shot at 

 Kingussie, in Inverness-shire, on 26th February, 1863, by J. 

 M'Donald, and sold by him, with a lot of common buzzards, to 

 Mr Mansfield, from whom it was purchased by Mr Baker of Cam- 

 bridge. It is now in the collection of Edward Clough Newcome, 

 Esq. of Feltwell Hall, Brandon, who sent a notice of the occur- 

 rence to the editor of the Ibis in September, 1865. 



This species the Buteo lineatus of Gmelin is now believed to 



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