HONEY BUZZARD. 



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The late Mr. H. Denny mentioned one as having been ob- 

 tained at Harewood, near Leeds, in 1828, which passed into the 

 collection of Dr. Leach. 



Mr. Heppenstall, writing in 1843, stated that six specimens 

 had occurred near Sheffield. 



In 1844 Mr. Allis mentioned it as having occurred two or 

 three times in the East Riding, and as rare in the West Riding, 

 except near Doacaster, where it was met with not unfrequently. 



The curious capture of one at Bridlington in 1849 was com- 

 municated to the Zoologist (1849, p. 2649) by Dr. C. R. Bree. 

 It was flapping against a window at twelve o'clock at night, and 

 making such a noise that the person got up, opened the window, 

 and captured it. 



One in the collection of Captain E. Turton was obtained at 

 Roxby, in the North Riding, in the year 1849. 



In Morris's Naturalist (^852, p. 185) one is recorded 

 from the neighborhood of Bridlington in May 1850, which was 

 purchased by Mr. T. Allis. 



According to Morris's British Birds (185 1) it has occurred 

 in the neighbourhood of Doncaster; and one shot near York is 

 preserved in the British Museum. 



Mr. A. Roberts of Scarborough records (Zoologist, 1855, p. 

 4761) the occurrence of a fine female at Flamborough on the 2nd 

 of June, 1855, the stomach of which was found to be full of 

 worms and slugs. 



One occurred near Ackworth in the autumn of 1856, as 

 mentioned in Morris's Naturalist (1857, p. 198) by Mr. C. E. 

 Smith. 



In September 1858, one was shot by a gamekeeper in 

 Chevet Park near Wakefield, while in the act of devouring a 

 wasp's nest. 



Mr. W. W. Boulton of Beverley, in the Zoologist (1865, 

 pp. 9417 and 18) records the addition to his collection of a pair, 

 of immature males shot in the neighbourhood of that town on the 

 22nd and 26th of September, 1864. 



On the 5th of October, 1866, a fine old male was shot at 



