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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
This bird was no doubt at one period a plentiful inhabi- 
tant of our marsh-lands, especially those of the New Forest, 
but has long ceased to nest in this county. 
In the MS. Journal of Gilbert White, he notes : — 
"April 1 8, 1769. Moor Buzzard, milvus ceruginosus, hdiS 
young. It builds in low shrubs on wild heaths; five young." 
And again : — " Sept. 19, 1774. A moor buzzard with a 
white head was shot some time ago on Greatham Moor." 
Three nests reported from the New Forest in 1893,^ 
certainly belonged to another species. 
Mr. F. Bond saw a specimen obtained at Freshwater, in 
the Isle of Wight, in May or June, 1885. (More.) 
One obtained by Mr. Chalkley from near Andover in 
1865, is in the Winchester College collection. 
The Hart collection contains two from the New Forest, 
dated October 25th, 1872, and November 30th, 1886. 
Mr. A. Willett records one from the Isle of Wight, 
January 8th, 1886, and Mr. Wadham one from Chillerton 
Down on April 24th, 1891. 
A letter appeared in the " Portsmouth Evening News " 
of October 31st, 1889, saying that Mr. A. C. Mills had 
shot a fine specimen in Farlington Marshes. It measured 
two feet in length and over four feet across the expanded 
wings, and was preserved by Mr. F. Artlett, of Commercial 
Road, Landport. 
'"Zoologist." 1893. 
