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forester did not seem to wish us to disturb, and the tree being 
an exceedingly difficult one, we were the less unwilling to 
leave it. Though Bubo maximus had recently been seen and 
heard, the nest could not be found; it is said to be some- 
times on the ground under a bush, and sometimes an old 
Buzzard or Goshawk’s nest is used. Pandion haliaetus for- 
merly bred in this forest, and also, as I am told, in other parts 
of Jutland; but the only place where it now breeds in Den- 
mark, as Mr. Benzon informs me, is in the sound between 
the islands of Laaland and Falster, and where only one or 
two pairs are left. 
Aquila nevia does not appear to be a regular visitor to Den- 
mark, as might be expected from its comparative abundance 
in Pomerania, but it is said to have bred more than once on 
the island of Laaland. 
Of other Raptorial birds I saw but few in Jutland. Har- 
riers are not so numerous as would be expected, and Circus 
cineraceus does not, Mr. Benzon thinks, breed in Denmark at 
all, though it does so regularly near Bremen, as I was in- 
formed by Dr. Hartlaub. Pernis apivorus is rare in Zealand 
and the south of Denmark, and Falco peregrinus is also rare. 
Among the Owls Athene noctua is fairly common, breeding in 
churches near Viborg and elsewhere. I saw Otus brachyotus 
once, and Syrnium aluco is also found in many places. 
After leaving Aalborg I stayed two days at Viborg, where 
Dr. Heiberg has a nice collection of birds and eggs, mostly 
procured near Thisted, in North-west Jutland, where, in the 
lakes near the coast, are found large colonies of Sterna anglica, 
S. cantiaca, Laride, and other birds. He informs me that 
Podiceps auritus breeds commonly near Thisted, and was 
good enough to give me some eggs. Anas ferina also breeds 
in some numbers on a lake, now partially draimed, called 
Sjorring-s6, near Thisted. The Avocet still frequents some 
parts of the Great Lim fjord, which traverses the whole 
breadth of North Jutland, and opens out into wide lake-like 
expanses of water in its western part. Draiming and embank- 
ing is being carried on to such an extent in the western part 
of Jutland, that many of the favourite breeding-grounds of 
