320 Notice of a Goshawk, fyc, by Sir W. Elliot. 



2. The White-tailed, or, Cinereous Sea Eagle, (Haliceetos 

 albicilla, L., 1766; Savigny, 1810). Frequents St. Abb's Head 

 and Holy Island. Occasional visitant. (Xurnbull, Duns, Selby, 

 "Proceedings," I., 136, 250). Macgillivray has a paper on its 

 habits in the "Jour. Highland Soc," III., 924. 



3. The Osprey, (Pandion haliceetus, L. and Sav., 7). On the 

 Tweed, where they seem to appear periodically. Two were killed 

 on Lord Home's property in 1835 (Jardine). Frequent on the 

 Tweed (Macgillivray). Occasionally (Turnbuil). Rare visitant 

 (Selby, Proa, I., 281). 



4. The Peregrine Falcon, (Fako peregrinus, L.) A permanent 

 resident, frequently seen ; one eyry, in the lofty precipice a little 

 to the north of St. Abb's Head (Selby, Proceedings, I., 21, 

 251-6 ) Four pairs breed on the coast of Berwickshire (Hepburn, 

 Proa, III., 71). An interesting paper on the flight of the 

 peregrine, by Mr Ealph Carr, appeared in Proceedings, II., 89 ; 

 see also Y., 182. At the meeting, the Rev. A. Davidson stated 

 that it built about Linhope on Cheviot ; and Mr John Boyd has 

 observed more than one nest, every year, at Bizzle, in Dunsdale, 

 from which locality he took a pair of eyasses and Bent them to 

 Mr Broderick, who trained and flew them. 



5. The Lanner, (Fako lanarius, L.) A specimen of this bird 

 was exhibited by Mr Broderick, at the meeting at Berwick in 

 1845 ; but it is not stated that it was obtained in the district, 

 and perhaps was only brought to show in what characters it dif- 

 fered from the Peregrine and Kestrel. (Proa, II., 167). It is not 

 included in the last edition of " Yarrell's Birds," and is only 

 mentioned here to guard against misapprehension. Both Bewick 

 and Pennant have asserted that it breeds in Ireland, but both 

 have probably mistaken the Peregrine for it. 



6. The Hobby, (Fako subbuko, L.) It is stated by Gray,* on 

 the authority of Mr Heckford, of the Kelso Museum, that a 

 specimen was shot at Branxholm, in 1823 ; but the fact requires 

 confirmation. Mr Gray adds, that though not a common species 

 in Scotland, its occurrence is now so frequent as to excite some 

 surprise that it should have escaped observation hitherto. 



7. The Red-footed Falcon, or, Orange-legged Hobby, (Falco 

 vespertinus, L., 1766; F. rufipes, Beseke, 1792). A single speci- 

 men of this rare species, found by Mr Dand, at Hauxley, near 

 Acklington, in October, 1868, was described by our late Secre- 

 tary, Mr Tate, in the fifth volume of the Proceedings, p. 439. 



8. The Merlin, (Fako OEsalon, Gmel, 1788). Although few 

 examples are recorded by the Club, it is probably not rare. One 

 is mentioned as shot by Mr Dunlop, at Blanerne, on the Whit- 

 adder, in 1833 ; and another by the same gentleman, at May- 

 field, in April, 1847. (Proa, I., 14 ; II., 220.) It does not occur 

 in Mr Selby's list, I., 256. 



* " Birds of the West of Scotland," 6, by Robert Gray. 



