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of the Honey Buzzard in various recent instances. Early 
in the month of July, 1838, a female Honey Buzzard was 
shot off her nest in Wellgrove wood, in the parish of Bix, 
near Henley-on-Thames, by Lord Camoy’s gamekeeper. 
Two eggs were taken from the nest, and the male bird 
which continued to haunt the wood was also shot. The 
nest, a very large one, was placed in the fork of a beech 
tree, and was built of sticks of considerable size, with which 
were intermixed twigs with the leaves on. The lining was 
composed of leaves and wool. 
Other instances are mentioned as occurring in Warwick- 
shire in the season of 1841. The old birds were obtained : 
one was shot, the other was caught in a trap baited with 
young rabits. They had been seen to carry off young 
pheasants in their claws. 
Willughby appears to have been the first to describe 
and name the Honey Buzzard as a British bird. 
Besides various specimens obtained in Suffolk, Norfolk, 
and along the eastern coast as far north as Northumber- 
land, which have been already referred to, the Honey 
Buzzard has been killed in several western counties, in- 
cluding Dorsetshire, Devonshire, and Worcestershire. Dr. 
Heysham considered it very rare in Cumberland, and had 
only met with one specimen: he was told that it bred in 
the woods at Lowther. Mr. Thompson of Belfast has 
recorded one example killed in the north of Ireland. Mr. 
Macgillivray mentions two instances of the occurrence of 
this species in Scotland, 
According to Linneus, Brunnich, Muller, and Pennant, 
the Honey Buzzard inhabits Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 
Russia. From thence southward, it is found in Germany, 
France, Italy, and the South of Europe generally. At 
Tangiers and in Sicily the Honey Buzzard is only seen in 
