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Common Buzzard ; resident, common, breeding on the coast 

 in the north-east of the county and in the Land's End district ; very 

 common in the autumn from Morwenstowe to Carthamartha ; a 

 casual visitor at Scilly ; breeds generally throughout west central 

 Europe up to the south of Sweden. 



Rough-legged Buzzard; a casual visitor of very rare 

 occurrence ; one specimen killed near Truro, one in the Land's 

 End district (1880) ; was formerly reported from Bodmin Moors; 

 nests commonly on the high mountains of Scandinavia and in 

 winter migrates south-east of the Caspian. 



Spotted Eagle; an accidental visitor ; one shot at Hawk's 

 AVood, near the Cheesewring, December, 1860, and one at 

 Carnanton, November, 1861 ; breeds from the basin of the 

 Danube southwards and is a summer visitor as far north as 

 Holland ; in winter ascends the Nile. 



Golden Eagle ; a casual visitor of very rare occurrence, one 

 being mentioned in Couch's "Cornish Fauna," and another 

 obtained on Lanherne Downs, Mawgan, in October, 1861 ; still 

 breeds in the highlands and islands of Scotland and throughout 

 the mountains and most of the great forests of Europe. 



White-tailed Eagle ; a casual visitor, resident in the north 

 and west of Scotland and in suitable localities in northern and 

 central Eurojie ; one shot near Kilkhampton, November, 1844; 

 one seen at Skewjack, Sennen ; one seen on north coast, near 

 Tehidy, in autumn, 1877; one shot at Bude Haven, November, 

 1893; one seen at Morwenstowe, November, 1901. 



Sparrow Hawk ; resident, generally distributed in suitable 

 woodlands throughout the county ; a winter visitor to Scilly ; 

 breeding range extends from the limits of -forest growth south to 

 the Mediterranean. 



Kite ; a casual visitor, now of very rare occurrence, the last 

 two records for Cornwall being at Trebartha Hall, in 1867 and 

 Clowance, Camborne, in 1882; still nests in a few localities 

 throughout Great Britain and is generally distributed over middle 

 and western Europe ; not a great migrant. 



Honey Buzzard ; a casual visitor, chiefly in the autumn ; 

 has been recorded about half a dozen times from the west of the 

 county and once at Scilly ; a summer migrant to the wooded 



