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interesting warblers in the black redstart, which, exceptionally to all 

 the other Sylviadse, appears with us in the winter and not summer. 

 The record of every ornithological curiosity has been carefully noted 

 and published in the monthly issue of the ' Zoologist.' The list is not 

 complete beyond the new species referred to iu the Supplement to 

 Yarrell's ' British Birds,' and some few others, since discovered, whose 

 claims for a yjlace in the British Fauna are fully authenticated, viz. 

 the lesser gray shrilce, redbreasted flycatcher, tawny and water pipits, 

 and some others. It will be observed that some doubt is entertained 

 by, perhaps, the greatest ornithological authority of the day in the 

 value of some of the species in Mr Yarrell's great work as entitled to 

 hold a place in the British Fauna, by his not admitting them amongst 

 his ' Birds of Great Britain.' 



Raptores. 

 Spotted Eagle. — A rare European species, shot in Ireland in 1845. 

 See Yarrell's ' Supplement to British Birds.' Examples : Youghall, 

 Cork, 1845; Killarney, 1846. The following notice of the occurrence 

 of this eagle in Cornwall, the first English example, is taken from the 

 'Zoologist,' January, 1861: — "The capture of this rare eagle took 

 place on the 4th instant in the eastern part of Cornwall, at a large 

 covert called Hawk's Wood, the property of Francis Rodd, Esq., of 

 Trebartha Hall, adjoining the large moors between Hawk's Tor and 

 Kilmar, and not very far distant from the well-known Cheese-wring. 

 Hawk's Tor and Kilmar Tor rank amongst the highest hills in Corn- 

 wall, reaching in altitude from 1000 to 1200 feet: the characters of 

 these hills and the moors about them in every direction are exactly 

 similar to those on Dartmoor; in fact, the range is a continuation of 

 the great granite tract, extending, with some few interruptions, to the 

 Land's End. The capture of this bird deserves a notice : it was 

 observed first in a tree, and on the approach of the shooting party, 

 instead of soaring, the bird shuflfled down the tree and scrambled 

 under some rocks: the condition of the bird was beyond the average 

 of birds of prey, large masses of fat encircling the gizzard, which, on 

 dissection, was entirely empty : one of the wing-bones was broken, 

 but whether with shot or otherwise I cannot exactly determine: the 

 body, wings and every part of the bird exhibited the most perfect 

 form, but probably some injury at the time prevented the bird from 

 taking flight. Weight 4 fts. 1 oz. Sex male. — In the first year's 

 plumage." A second example of the spotted eagle, almost in a similar 



