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Long-eared Owl (Asio otus). — Mr. F. Styan had the follow- 

 ing notes on this species not hitherto recorded by me : — 



1. A nest at Witley in 1863, from which a nestling was taken 

 and reared (fide Bryan Hook). 



2. A nest with five eggs, taken on Reigate Hill on March 

 28th, 1874 (fide J. B. Oosfield). 



3. A partly fledged bird, captured near Boxhill on June 5th, 

 1876 (ib.). 



4. A nest with eggs near Churt in 1881 (fide Bryan Hook). 



5. Found nesting about 1882 at Thursley, where it occa- 

 sionally bred (fide R. W. Courage). 



Mr. S. H. le Marchant informs me that he observed a pair at 

 Chobham about 1897, which were probably nesting (in lit.). Mr. 

 G-. Dalgliesh has a male, taken this winter at Farley Heath, near 

 Albury (in lit.). 



Hen-Harrier (Circus cyaneus). — A female was shot at Wisley 

 in December, 1869, and preserved by Mr. F. Yearley ; an imma- 

 ture female was shot on Jan. 20th, 1880, by a Mr. H. Bucknall, 

 near Banstead, and was preserved ; Mr. R. W. Courage had a 

 male in his collection, shot near Thursley, and stated (in 1880) 

 that it had been also known to occur there in spring (F. Styan 

 and J. Mitchell). 



Montagu's Harrier (G. cineraceus).— Mr. Stafford, of God- 

 aiming, informed Mr. F. Styan that the specimen in his (now the 

 Charterhouse) collection was found dead (as mentioned in my 

 ' Birds of Surrey,' p. 179) by the side of its nest on Royal Com- 

 mon. The nest contained four eggs. As this occurrence was 

 so long ago as 1840, and as the species has been killed or observed 

 more than once in the same spot, the story may well be true. 



Common Buzzard (Buteo vulgaris). — Mr. Stafford gave 1851 

 as the date when the pair in the Charterhouse collection, "killed 

 whilst nesting at Witley," referred to in my ' Birds of Surrey ' 

 (p. 181), were taken. He also stated that the birds had nested 

 there three years in succession, and that the young had been 

 taken and successfully reared by the master of Witley Workhouse. 

 An idea, however, grew up that the birds did damage to chickens, 

 and they were therefore shot. Mr. R. W. Courage, in 1880, in- 

 formed Mr. F. Styan that the species had been known to occur 

 near Thursley (F. Styan and J. Mitchell). InNovember of 1901 



