LITTLE OWL— MARSH-HARRIER. 
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Mr. Hart saw the eggs of this species near Holmsley, 
on May 26th, 1899, and his collection contains stuffed 
examples from the New Forest, dated November, 1871, 
and October, 1874. 
Hadfield wrote to the "Zoologist" in 1883, recording 
a male, in fine plumage, procured in the Isle of Wight on 
September 19th of the previous year. 
Dr. J. S. Salter has met with two specimens near 
Basingstoke. 
Mr. J. Roe killed one at Whitchurch about three years 
ago. 
Order— ACCIPITRES. 
[Family — Vulturidcs. 
Genus— 
Gyps fulvus Griffon Vulture. 
Mr. Howard Saunders writes in his " Manual of British 
Birds," published in 1889, that "an eminently cautious 
ornithologist, who must have seen thousands of griffons, but 
will not allow his name to be mentioned, informed me a 
few years since that he had recently watched one soaring 
around, near Southampton Water."] 
Family — Falconidce. 
Genu S — Circus, 
126. Circus ceruginosus. Marsh-Harrier. 
Moor Buzzard. 
A rare winter visitor, formerly resident. 
