in Gi'eat Britain during the Nesting-season. 9 



Pandion haliaetus {Cuv.). Osprey. 



Provinces [I.?] [XIII.] XV. XVI. XVII. 



Subprovinces (3 ?), (27), (29), 31, 32, 34, 35. 

 Lat. 56°-59°. "Scottish" type. Not in Ireland. 



Mr. W. D. Crotch informs me that a nest was built, eighteen 

 years ago, at Monksilver in Somersetshire : " the keeper shot the 

 birds when making their nest." 



Mr. R. Gray tells me that the nest has been found on Loch 

 Doon, in Ayrshire. Other localities might be cited in Stirling, 

 Perth, Elgin, Inverness, Argyle, Dumbarton, Ross, and Suther- 

 land ; but the bird and its eggs are so much sought after by 

 collectors that very few pairs continue to nest in any part of 

 Scotland*. 



Falco peregrinus {Gmel.). Peregrine Falcon. 



Provinces I.-III. [IV.] V.-VII. X.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1-7, (11), (14), 15, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24-38. 

 Lat. 50°-61°. "British" type, or general. 



Thinly scattered from the south to the north of Great Britain. 

 More frequent on the rocky headlands of the north and west 

 coasts, and not found in some of the level districts of the middle 

 and south-east of England. 



Hypotriorchis subbuteg {Boie). Hobby. 



Provinces I. II. III. IV. V. VIII. X. 

 Subprovinces 3, 4, 5-12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23. 

 Lat. 50°-54°. "Germanic" or South-eastern type. Not in 

 Ireland. 



A scarce bird in all the districts where it breeds. Though 

 noticed by Dr. Moore as breeding in Warleigh Woods, the 

 Hobby is not included in any of the recent lists which I have 

 received from Devonshire, nor have I any record of its nesting 

 in Wales. It seems to be more frequent in the south-eastern 

 and midland counties of England, its distribution thus resem- 

 bling that of the Nightingale. 



* We doubt if the Osprey has bred in Scotland for more than ten 

 years. — Ed. 



