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and the hen-wife. A gentleman told me lately, that only last sprinj 

 his keeper took out of a sparrow-hawk's nest, no fewer than twenty 

 breast-bones and as many pairs of legs of young pheasants. I am 

 disposed to consider it as purely a bird-eater. I have never found 

 the remains of quadruped, reptile, or insect in its crop. 



Buzzards. — TJie common buzzard seems to have been not often met 

 with lately. Some years back it was known to breed in the island, 

 but I do not think it does so any longer. 



Mr. Jenyns has mentioned the Isle of Wight as a locality in which 

 the Hough-legged, Buzzard has been met with ; and I once thought I 

 saw it in our neighbourhood on the wing, but I have not been able to 

 fix its occurrence with certainty. 



The only intimation I have received of the occurrence of the Ho- 

 ney-Buzzard was from my valued aid-de-camp — Mr. Robert Loe, 

 who once disturbed what he supposed to be the common buzzard 

 plundering a wasp's nest ; but as I am not aware that Buteo vulgaris 

 was ever known so to regale itself, I am led to infer that the bird found 

 so engaged was B. apivorous. 



The Hen Harrier is not uncommon in the island. I have met with 

 it several times, and it has been known to breed in Bordwood forest, 

 in the parish of Newchurch. 



Montagu's Harrier (Circus cineraceus) has also been found. I have, 

 through the kindness of J. B. Tulliett, Esq., had the opportunity of 

 examining a specimen of a young female in his possession. I have 

 the authority of Sir Richard Simeon, Bart., for stating that this bird 

 was killed a few years back on his property. 



Our owls are the Long-eared Owl, known to breed at Newchurch, 

 but not of frequent occurrence ; the Short-eared Owl, found pretty 

 frequently during autumn and winter ; the White Owl, and Tawny 

 Owl. C. A. Bury. 



Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, March 12, 1843. 



(To be continued). 



Notes on Fishes, more especially Salmon and Eels. 



By the Rev. J. C. Atkinson, B.A. 



Late years have seen a large accession to the numbers of that class 



of naturalists which seems to have originated in Gilbert White of Sel- 



borne : men to whom the length of the longest quill-feather and the 



