On the Ocmrrence of the Hohhy in Forfarshire. Vl*J 



what enlarged. The fifteen terminal spines, with the denticles, are also 

 shown. 



Fig. 8. Mould of a third specimen of the same, showing a part of the 

 thorax attached to the pygidium, with the denticulated spines projecting from 

 both, nearly twice the natural size. 



Fig. 9. Bdlcrojjhon, sp. nov. (?), a cast, natural size; compared, subdecus- 

 sat us, M'Coy. (Brit. Pal. Foss., t. 1, L. f. 25.) 



Fig. 10. Another specimen of the same, partly a cast, and partly retaining 

 the original shelly matter ; natural size. 



Figs. 11 and 12. Discina Portlocki, Geinitz ? — Two specimens twice the 

 natural size. The ridge from the umho to the margin is shown. 



V. On the Occicrrence of the Hohhy (Falco subbuteo) in 

 Forfarshire. By Egbert Gray, F.E.S.E. 



About eighteen months ago Mr Henderson of Dundee sent 

 me word that he had shot a falcon near that town, which he 

 took to be the Orange-legged Hobby. On describing the bird 

 minutely at my request, I found he had mistaken the bird, 

 and that it was but the commoner species, Falco suhhuteo. 

 When in Dundee a few weeks ago, he kindly offered me the 

 falcon for my collection, and I have thought it of sufficient 

 rarity as a straggler into North Britain to justify me in 

 laying it before the Society. 



In the West of Scotland the hobby has occurred in the 

 island of Arran, but in no other locality so far as I am aware of 

 In the eastern counties, however, it has been found repeatedly. 

 In the records of this Society there is mention made of one 

 which was shot near Portobello in July 1863. It has like- 

 wise been met with in Eoxburghshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, 

 and Dumfriesshire. In the north-eastern counties, it has 

 occurred in Banff, Caithness, Aberdeen, Kincardine, and 

 Forfar. The earliest authentic record of its having been 

 met with in Scotland, is perhaps that of Mr George Don, 

 who mentions it as having been " rather rare " in Forfarshire 

 in the beginning of the present century. Subsequent writers, 

 notably Selby, Jardine, and Macgillivray, speak of it as 

 being totally unknown in Scotland. I give these particulars, 

 therefore, as a contribution to a more exact knowledge of its 

 ran^^e in the British Islands. 



