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List of the Rarer Birds seen or captured in the Hawick and 

 Neighbouring Districts, mostly in 1875. By Sir 

 Waltee Elliot, K.C.S.I., F.L.S., &c. 



Rottgh-legged . Buzzard, (Buteo lagopus). — The number of 

 Buzzards seen this season has been considerable. The difficulty 

 has been to identify the species. I believe most of them have 

 been of the Rough-legged kind (B. lagopus). (1) One caught in 

 a trap at Hislop, by Thomas Little, shepherd, in November ; a 

 female. (2) One shot by Mr John Kalfe, on the same farm ; 

 probably the male. (3) One caught by Job Simpson, keeper to 

 Mr W, J. Pawson of Shawdon, at Ramshope Lodge, near 

 Whitelee, on the 13th November. I sent to examine it, but it 

 had gone to Bellingham to be preserved. (4) One caught in a 

 rabbit trap at Bowhill on the 23rd November ; a male. It was 

 preserved by William Hope, in George Street, Edinburgh, and 

 is in the possession of the Duke of Buccleugh. (5 and 6) One 

 Buzzard was caught after being slightly winged, by Roger Parker, 

 keeper at Stobbs Castle, which swooped several times at his 

 small terrier. It is feathered to the toes, and is undoubtedly 

 B. lagopus, and from its size, I should think, a female. It is 

 still living in Hawick. Its mate also afterwards hovered for 

 some days over the little dog, and got several shots, but none 

 took effect. Parker saw another Buzzard (?) of a different species 

 at Penchryse Pen, but failed to trap it. The following particu- 

 lars were furnished by Thomas Hope, brother to "William Hope, 

 above mentioned. (7) One Rough-legged Buzzard was killed 

 near Selkirk, 29th October ; a female. (8) One female near 

 Haddington, 27th October. (9, 10) Two, a male and a female 

 near Stow, about the 29th October. (1 1) A male near Lockerbie, 

 9th November. (12) A female at the Glen, Peebles, about 

 April 5th, 1876. (13, 14, 15, 16) Two females and one male killed 

 in the Pentland Hills in November ; and a male at Castle How- 

 ard in Cumberland, on the 1st April, 1876. 



Peregrine Falcon, {Falco peregrinus). — A female was shot by 

 Barnes, the keeper at Wells, on the west side of the Dunian, in 

 the beginning of 1876. It has been stuffed by Hope of Jedburgh, 

 and is now in possession of John Bald, Esq., at Wells. A pair 

 were seen for some days about Buberslaw and the Dunian, by 

 Barnes, in December. 



Greater Shrike, (Zanius excubitor). — One shot near Bowhill, 

 8th March, 1876. Preserved by William Hope for the Duke of 

 Buccleugh. 



