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and the bird died of exhaustion in the hole. It is noteworthy 

 that the bird in its struggles to get free nuist ahvavs luwe 



turned one way. thus giving the veil such a " hard twist," that 

 it resembled string. 



After the post-mortem, the bod}' was decenth' interred in 

 the Cartwright Museum, Bradford.— R. Fortune, Harrogate. 



Honey Buzzard in Northumberland. — Whilst rambhng in 

 ^^llittle Dene, Ovingham-on-T^me, with a friend on Sept. 25th, 

 igoS. we found a large bird, still alive, but in a feeble condition. 

 It died after being removed to our house. After skinning 

 and setting it up, it was identified b\^ the Hancock Museum 

 authorities at Newcastle, as a Honey Buzzard. The bird 

 had evidently been fasting, for it was very thin, and hardlv 

 weighed much more than a pound. — Douglas Clague. 

 Xewcastle-on-Tyne. 



Naturalist. 



