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at Cruckton, near Shrewsbury. On May 9th, 1919, a grey 

 Harrier was seen by several people to pounce at chickens in a 

 poultry-yard in the suburbs of Shrewsbury. It was evidentl}'' 

 an adult male, but whether of the Hen- or Montagu's Harrier 

 it is impossible to determine. H. E. Forrest. 



HONEY-BUZZARD IN CO. ANTRIM. 



On June 28th, 1920, Messrs. Sheals, the well-known Belfast 

 taxidermists, received for preservation a Honey-Buzzard 

 [Pcrnis apivorus) which had been shot at Suffolk, Dunmurry, 

 a well-wooded district near Belfast. On dissection it proved 

 to be a male, and its crop contained a large quantity of ants' 

 " eggs." 



It is interesting to note that the bird had every appearance 

 of having been nesting, its breast being bare, and the boy who 

 obtained it informed Messrs. Sheals that he had seen it about 

 for some time previously. Herbert T. Malcomson. 



OSPREY ON THE CHESHIRE BORDER. 



An Osprey {Pandion h. haliaetus) frequented Combermere 

 (on the borders of Shropshire and Cheshire, though actually 

 in the latter county) during the first half of September. It 

 left about the 17th. It was several times seen to catch fish 

 by Sir Kenelm Crossley. The last previous record in the 

 district was in 1909, when an Osprey frequented the meres 

 at Ellesmere from mid-May till loth June. H. E. Forrest. 



GLOSSY IBISES IN NORFOLK. 



I AM sorry to say that two Glossy Ibises were killed in Norfolk, 

 one on September i8th 1920, and the other about the same 

 time, I believe, but the exact date is not forthcoming. 



J. H. GURNEY. 



[Mr. H. J. Welch records two Glossy Ibises seen near Land's 

 End (Cornwall) on Sept. 30th {Field, October 23rd, 1920, 

 p. 608) and Mr. W. H. Erskine records two in Islay (Argyll- 

 shire) on September 6th {t.c, September 25th, 1920, p. 459). — 

 Eds.] 



RED-CRESTED POCHARD AND GADWALL IN 

 DEVON. 



In a small collection of birds shot on the Exe estuary by T. S. 

 McClaughlin, a fisherman living at Powderham, I came across 

 a male Red-crested Pochard {Netta mfina) and a Gadwall 

 {Anas strepera). The former was shot on November 2nd 



