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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  near 
  Aldeburgh, 
  which 
  the 
  Rev. 
  H. 
  A. 
  Harris 
  was 
  good 
  enough 
  to 
  send 
  

   me 
  in 
  the 
  flesh. 
  One 
  or 
  two 
  local 
  specimens 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  lately 
  

   received 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hudson, 
  the 
  Ipswich 
  birdstuffer. 
  Mr. 
  Patterson, 
  in 
  

   his 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Birds 
  of 
  Yarmouth 
  " 
  (Zool. 
  1901, 
  p. 
  296), 
  says 
  that 
  

   " 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  frequent 
  of 
  the 
  Skuas 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Norfolk," 
  but 
  in 
  Suffolk 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  decidedly 
  rare 
  bird, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  

   records 
  of 
  its 
  occurrence 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  ten 
  years. 
  — 
  Julian 
  G. 
  Tuck 
  

   (Tostock 
  Rectory, 
  Bury 
  St. 
  Edmunds). 
  

  

  Birds 
  of 
  Oxfordshire 
  or 
  Buckinghamshire 
  ? 
  — 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  my 
  purpose 
  

   to 
  offer 
  any 
  criticisms 
  on 
  the 
  ornithology 
  of 
  Mr. 
  0. 
  V. 
  Aplin's 
  interesting 
  

   "Notes 
  on 
  Oxfordshire 
  Ornithology" 
  (Zool. 
  1903, 
  pp. 
  444 
  et 
  seq), 
  but 
  

   simply 
  to 
  stand 
  up 
  for 
  the 
  rights 
  of 
  my 
  own 
  county, 
  Buckinghamshire, 
  

   for 
  which 
  I 
  claim 
  a 
  share 
  of 
  the 
  occurrences 
  credited 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Aplin's 
  

   county. 
  " 
  The 
  Ornithology 
  of 
  Henley-on-Thames 
  " 
  certainly 
  sounds 
  

   as 
  if 
  it 
  referred 
  to 
  Oxfordshire, 
  but 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  the 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  

   the 
  county, 
  so 
  that 
  Berkshire 
  is 
  within 
  the 
  proverbial 
  stone's 
  throw 
  of 
  

   the 
  town, 
  and 
  Buckinghamshire 
  reaches 
  within 
  three-quarters 
  of 
  a 
  

   mile 
  of 
  it 
  ; 
  so 
  that 
  any 
  notes 
  concerning 
  the 
  district 
  surrounding 
  

   Henley 
  must 
  refer 
  almost 
  equally 
  to 
  these 
  three 
  counties, 
  and 
  I 
  trust 
  

   therefore 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Aplin 
  will 
  pardon 
  my 
  thus 
  championing 
  Bucks. 
  

  

  Whitk-tailed 
  Eagle 
  (p. 
  445). 
  — 
  By 
  far 
  the 
  larger 
  part 
  of 
  Fawley 
  

   Court 
  Park 
  is 
  in 
  Bucks, 
  so 
  that 
  unless 
  the 
  particular 
  fir-plantation 
  was 
  

   specified 
  as 
  in 
  Oxon, 
  the 
  former 
  county 
  should 
  be 
  credited 
  with 
  the 
  

   specimen. 
  

  

  Merlin. 
  — 
  Skirmett 
  (whence 
  I 
  write) 
  is 
  not 
  " 
  on 
  the 
  hills 
  in 
  Bucks," 
  

   but 
  the 
  hamlet 
  lies 
  in 
  a 
  valley 
  running 
  nearly 
  due 
  south 
  to 
  the 
  Thames 
  

   about 
  four 
  miles 
  off. 
  It 
  is 
  practically 
  surrounded 
  by 
  hills, 
  especially 
  

   on 
  the 
  north, 
  east, 
  and 
  west. 
  I 
  wonder 
  if 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   reported 
  in 
  1864 
  was 
  on 
  what 
  is 
  now 
  my 
  land 
  ! 
  I 
  may 
  point 
  out 
  that 
  

   Wooburn 
  (always 
  spelt 
  with 
  double 
  o), 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  footnote 
  

   to 
  this 
  species, 
  is 
  in 
  Bucks, 
  though 
  its 
  neighbour 
  Cookham 
  is 
  in 
  

   Berks. 
  

  

  Stonor 
  Park 
  (p. 
  446) 
  is 
  fairly 
  claimed 
  as 
  Oxfordshire, 
  but 
  the 
  house 
  

   is 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  2£ 
  miles, 
  " 
  as 
  the 
  crow 
  flies," 
  from 
  whence 
  I 
  write, 
  

   and 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  estate, 
  i.e. 
  of 
  "the 
  shooting" 
  adjoining 
  this, 
  is 
  in 
  

   Bucks 
  ; 
  so 
  if 
  the 
  Goshawk 
  were 
  not 
  obtained 
  actually 
  in 
  the 
  Park, 
  it 
  

   may 
  well 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  Bucks 
  specimen. 
  

  

  Buzzard. 
  — 
  I 
  may 
  venture 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  on 
  May 
  18th, 
  1900, 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  

   Buzzard 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  near 
  the 
  new 
  National 
  School, 
  Hambleden. 
  I 
  

   only 
  saw 
  it 
  through 
  the 
  (open) 
  window 
  of 
  a 
  close-fly, 
  but 
  am 
  satisfied 
  

   I 
  did 
  not 
  mistake 
  a 
  Kestrel 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  ! 
  I 
  subsequently 
  learnt 
  

  

  