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a specimen was trapped by Mr. Cosmo Bonsor's keeper at Kings- 

 wood Warren. It passed into the possession of Mr. H. Skilton, 

 of Epsom, and was preserved by Mr. Anstiss, of London. 



Rough-legged Buzzard (B. lagopus). — Mr. J. M. Mitchell 

 saw in the flesh a very fine male of this species, which had been 

 shot near Croydon in the late winter of 1879 (F. Styan and J. 

 Mitchell). 



White-tailed Eagle {Haliaetus albicilla). — In November of 

 1876 Mr. H. S. Styan, whilst fishing on Virginia Water, saw two 

 birds of this species wheeling round and over the surface of the 

 lake. Mr. Keene, the local fisherman, who was with Mr. Styan 

 at the time, informed him that in the first place, about the end 

 of October, three of these birds had appeared in Windsor Park. 

 One had been caught in a trap baited with fish, and presented to 

 H.R.H. Prince Christian. Orders had been given to the keepers 

 not to shoot or destroy the other two, but, if possible, to capture 

 them alive ; the attempts made to do so were, however, un- 

 successful, and they remained in the district for some time. 

 They were sometimes seen to attack the wildfowl on the lake 

 (F. Styan and J. Mitchell). 



Red Kite (Milvus ictinus). — Mr. F. Styan saw a female in 

 Mr. W. Stafford's collection in 1880, which Mr. Stafford then 

 informed him had been killed near Godalming in March of 

 1870. Whether Stafford's story to Mr. Styan is correct or not, 

 it is, of course, now impossible to say, but the specimen was not 

 in his collection in 1884, and I am unable to trace the specimen 

 in any way (J. A. Bucknill). Mr. F. Styan was also informed by 

 a Mr. F. Roberts, of Haslemere, that a pair frequented Hindhead 

 very many years before 1880 — a not improbable though unsub- 

 stantiated story. I have myself heard a similar rumour from 

 more than one source. I have also been informed by Mr. Luke 

 Humphrey, of Headley, that about 1878 a specimen was caught 

 at Boxhill, and preserved, and kept by the late Sir Richard 

 Glasse, then at High Ashurst, Headley. 



Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus). — In the spring of 1880 

 a male was shot on Merrow Downs, and identified as a wild bird 

 by Capt. Salvin. Mr. R. W. Courage had a specimen, killed at 

 Thursley in spring, and stated, in 1880, that it had been known 

 to occur there before that date (F. Styan and J. Mitchell). 



