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I am sorry to add both were killed, the male on June 4th, 
and the female ten days later. From the denuded under- 
parts, the latter showed unmistakable signs of nidification, 
and the keeper who killed the bird said he believed she 
had young somewhere on the extensive heaths to the west 
of the river, as she and her mate always came from that 
direction. It is somewhat remarkable that three or four 
days after he had shot the male, he observed another 
" blue hawk " in company with the female, and even after 
she was slain, still a pair of old birds was left, so there 
must have been two pairs in the vicinity, for the young, 
if hatched, were certainly not in the plumage described." ^ 
Mr. Corbin carefully examined the stomachs of the 
murdered pair, and found the remains of two yellow- 
hammers, two meadow pipits, a lizard, and various small 
birds' eggs, including those of the skylark. 
In the next year also (1895), Mr. Harting answers for 
two broods at least being reared in the same district.^ 
In the south-east corner we have received an account 
of a nest of this species found on July 13th, 1898 ; it 
was in a patch of furze, on extensive waste land, and 
contained three young ones. This nesting-haunt has been 
resorted to for some time, and still continues to be visited 
by the birds. 
Mr. Meade-Waldo, writing in the " Victoria History of 
Hants," says they can be found in most seasons, by those 
who know where to look. 
The Hon. Gerald Lascelles informs us that the birds 
arrive as early as February, and Mr. Hart has seen them 
in every month of the year except January, but our best 
authorities still rank them as summer visitors. 
' "Zoologist." September, 1894. 
= " Handbook of British Birds. 
