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been recorded, and M'Gillivray states that the northern 
limits of its range in Britain appear to be the counties 
of Durham and Cumberland. It is generally distributed 
over the Continent. Unfortunately this specimen was too 
long of being brought to the bird-stuffer, and could not be 
preserved. 
4. Pernis apivorus — the Honey Buzzard, one of our rarer 
summer visitors, was killed by a gamekeeper at Biel, East 
Lothian, in the month of July, as I am informed by Mr 
John Dickson, gunmaker. Princes Street, who preserved the 
bird. Its stomach was crammed full with wasps and their 
larvae, some of which I examined ; more than could be held 
in the hand being removed. The bird had been shot very 
soon after a hearty meal. 
5. Bomby cilia garrula — the Bohemian Waxwing. This 
beautiful bird is an occasional winter visitor. Two spe- 
cimens, a male and a female, were shot at Sunlaws, near 
Kelso, about the 13th of November last. 
6. Botaurus stellaris — the Common Bittern, now one of 
our rare birds. The specimen, exhibited by the kindness of 
Mr James H. Sanderson, was shot near Mouse wald, Dum- 
friesshire, in the beginning of the month of January. 
7. Botaurus lentiginosus — the American Bittern. Mr E. 
I. Shearer, Ulbster House, informs me that a specimen of 
this very rare bird was shot at Latheronwheel, Caithness, 
by F. S. Bently-Innes of Thrumster, Esq., in the autumn of 
1862. It is easily distinguished from the Common Bittern 
by its more freckled appearance ; indeed it has been named 
by Montagu the Freckled Bittern, the black dash or stripe 
on the neck is larger and more distinct than in the Common 
Bittern, and begins a little farther back from the angle of 
the mouth. The bird is also less in size than the Common 
Bittern, which, it may be remarked, seems never to have 
been observed in the county of Caithness. The American 
Bittern is only a rare straggler to Britain. Several instances 
have been recorded of its appearance in England. The only 
other instance known to me of its occurrence in Scotland, 
was one killed at Jardine Hall, Dumfriesshire, in October 
1844, and described by Sir William Jardine. 
