560 On the Nesting of Birds in Wiltshire. 



6. Common Buzzard. This bird, once so common, as its trivial 

 name shows, has long ceased to breed in Wilts ; and I 

 have heard of no recent nest within the limits of the county. 



7. Rough-legged Buzzard. I am more fortunate in regard to 



this species ; for in 1882 a pair succeeded in hatching out 

 five young ones near Tisbury (see p. 87). 



8. Hen Harrier. Not many years since, this species used to 

 breed regularly on Salisbury Plain ; and it is not improbable 

 that a nest still may be found in suitable localities; but that 

 it is surely, if gradually, being exterminated from Wilts is 

 only too certain (see p. 94). 



9. Montagu's Harrier. This species, which I believe to have 



bred pretty regularly in Wiltshire in days gone by, still 

 occasionally is found nesting in the county. (See p. 96 for 

 a very interesting account of a nest of this species in the 

 gorse at Fifield Bavant, communicated by Mr. Tyndall 

 Powell.) 



10. Long-eared Owl (see p. 105). 



11. Barn Owl (see p. 109). 



12. Tawny Owl (see p. 112). 



13. Red-backed Shrike (see p. 122). 



14. Spotted Flycatcher (see p. 125). 



15. Missel Thrush (see p. 128). 



16. Song Thrush. 



17. Blackbird. 



18. Ring Ouzel (see p. 139 for the evidence of a nest of this 



species being found near Mere). 



19. Hedge Accentor. 



20. Redbreast. 



21. Redstart (see p. 147). 



22. Stonechat. 



23. Whinchat. 



24. Wheatear (see p. 152). 



25. Grasshopper Warbler (see p. 153). 



26. Sedge Warbler (see p. 154). 



27. Reed Warbler (see p. 155). 



