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membrane. The furrow is attached to the under side of stones, or 

 is imbedded in some entangled fucus or conferva. A male and 

 female reside in each, and I have seen them, when expelled from 

 it, repeatedly return, and re-enter it. 



Berwick upon Tweed, 

 August 22c?, 1827. 



[To be continued.] 



Art. LI. Notice on the appearance of some rare Birds 

 in England. By George Townshenu Fox, Esq^.^ 

 ' E.L.S., Mem. Zool. Soc, S^c. 



[To the Editor of the Zoological Journal.] 



My dear Sir, 



If a notice of the acquisition of subjects of Natural 

 History of rare occurrence in this country be not thought unworthy 

 of insertion in your Journal, I beg leave to submit the following 

 instances of captures of Birds in England to the attention of your 

 readers. 



I am, my dear Sir, 



Yours most faithfully, 

 Durham, Jan. 19, 1828. Geo. T. Fox. 



Rough-legged Buzzard. (Selby.) 



Falco lagopus. Linn. 



This species of Falco, though of rather rare occurrence, is 

 occasionally found in different parts of England. Besides the 

 young bird which was shot near Westoe in the county of Durham 

 in 1825,* I last year saw at Matlock Bath, in Derbyshire, a live 



* See " Synopsis of Newcastle Museum," pp. 49, 252. 



