or XOBTHTBIBEELAIO) AKD DTJEHAlvr. » 



belongs to tlie dark variety ; but it is difficxJt to say wbetber it 

 was mature or immature, or of wbicb sex it was, as the colour 

 of tbe head and irides is not mentioned. 



7. MILYUS, G. Cvvier. 



7. Kjie. M. eegaus, Brisson. 



Falco milvus, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 36. 

 Mihus vulgaris, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 4, I., 92. 



This is a rare casual visitant in the north of England. I know 

 of only four instances of its occurrence ; three near Bishop Auck- 

 land, in 1834, and one at Howick, Northumberland, in the same 

 year ; one of the former is in my possession. 



8. Blace Kite. M. atee, {Gmelin.) 



Mihus migrans, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 4, I., 97. 

 Milvus migrans, Hancock, Ibis, Yol. III., j). 253. 



A very rare casual visitant. 



A fine mature specimen was taken in a trap by Mr. E. Eulger, 

 gamekeeper, in the Deer Park at Alnwick, May, 1866. It is 

 in my collection : I received it in the flesh ; it proved, on dis- 

 section, to be a male. This, I believe, is the only example of the 

 capture of this interesting species in the British Islands. 



8. HIEROFALCO, G. Cvvier. 



9. IcELAiTD Ealcon. H. IsLAJ!n)iCTjs, JSreJim. 



Falco Islandus, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 4, I., 46. 



Falco Islandicus, Hancock, Ann. and Mag. of ISTat. Hist., 2nd 

 Ser., Yol. XIII., p. 110. 



An immature male of this rare casual visitant was shot, Jan- 

 uary, 1845, near Belliagham, N'orth Tyne. This specimen is in 

 my collection. 



The individual in the Newcastle Museum is stated, in Selby's 

 catalogue, to have been killed in Northumberland, but there is 

 some uncertainty as to this. 



