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retrieve it, the ‘ Blue Hawk’ carried it away, notwithstanding the 
discharge of the gun and the shouts of the bystanders.” 
Buteo vulgaris, Leach. Buzzard.—According to Potter, 
““two were shot near Charnwood Heath in 1889, one of which 
came into the possession of Thomas Gisborne, Hsq., the other of 
Kirkby Fenton, Esq.” At the commencement of the present 
century, says Harley, “it used to nest in some lofty firs (from 
whence he took its eggs) in the lower parts of the Outwoods, 
Loughborough, near to the brook. It used also to nest at 
Bardon, Belvoir, Donnington, Gopsall, Martenshaw, and at 
Oakley and Piper Woods.” One was killed in Dalby Wood 
in 1879, so the late Mr. Widdowson informed me. 
Archibuteo lagopus, Gmelin. Rough-legged Buzzard.—A 
winter visitant. In-the autumn of the year 1839, and winter of 
1839-40, no less than thirty were procured in this county and 
in Nottinghamshire. Of these, five were captured in the Forest 
of Charnwood, and three others in Bradgate Park. One of these, 
a female, shot on November 12th, 1839, was examined. Its 
weight was 2 lbs. 4 oz., 23 inches in length, and 54 inches 
spread of wings. In its crop were found rabbits’ fur, pieces of 
flesh, small bones, and the feet of a field-mouse. In the stomach 
was rabbits’ fur and small bones, mixed with animal matter. 
A male, captured in the grounds at Bradgate two days after- 
wards, was found, on examination, to contain some elytra of 
beetles. One was killed near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, February, 1880. 
One sent from Bradgate Park, November 15th, 1839, is now in 
the Leicester Museum. A pair in the Bickley Collection, Leicester 
Museum, was killed at Stathern Hills, so Widdowson stated. 
Aquila chrysaétus, Linn. Golden Eagle.—No reliable record 
of the appearance of this bird in the county exists, although 
Potter, in his ‘ History of Charnwood Forest,’ records a specimen 
‘killed in Bradgate Park, in April, 1841, and in the possession 
of the Karl of Stamford, at Dunham Massey.’ This, however, 
proved to be a White-tailed Eagle, as noted by Harley. 
Haliaétus albicilla, Linn. White-tailed Eagle.—Potter, in 
his ‘History of Charnwood Forest,’ states that a specimen 
was killed at Swannington by Mr. William Burton, the head and 
wings of which were preserved, and these he saw. Harley 
mentions one captured in Bradgate Park on 26th of December, 
1840, which he shortly after examined. It measured 87 inches 
