468 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
of two young plantations—one of forty-five acres, the other twenty- 
seven ; both are full of white forest grasses. On walking through 
them about the middle of April I found a pair in each, and, as they 
were very quiet places, hoped they would nest. On May 1st I went 
into the twenty-seven acre wood, and after a short search found the 
nest, with eight eggs. It was in a part rather bare of young trees, 
and where there was a lot of long grass, and placed under a small 

Nest oF SHORT-EARED OWL. 
Scotch fir. I was very delighted, as they were the first I had ever 
seen, and the first ever recorded for Notts. —J. WurrakeR (Rain- 
worth Lodge, Notts). 
Honey-Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) in Suffolk and Norfolk.—Refer- 
ring to Rey. F. L. Blathwayt’s note (ante, p. 428) respecting the occur- 
rence of the Honey-Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) in the Kastern Counties 
