124 COMMON BUZZARD 
(writing in 1862 Dr. Crellin says, ‘eighteen or nineteen 
years ago’), and another obtained about 1855 by the late Sir 
Alured Dumbell, who also ‘ saw another once at Greeba.’ 
The Snowy Owl,a straggler from the far North, has been 
recorded from most parts of Great Britain, and about thirty 
times in Ireland, including several occurrences in Antrim 
and Down. For the nearest English counties and for 
Galloway there seem to be no records. It has occurred in 
many of the Scottish islands, and in Shetland especially its 
appearances have been very frequent. 
[ATHENE NOCTUA (Scop.), LITTLE OWL. 
The late Mr. Jeffcott stated in 1883 that he had shot a 
specimen in a small plantation near the Creggans farmhouse, 
Malew. Unrecorded from Scotland and Ireland, this little 
species seems very unlikely to occur here, but it is to be 
feared that no identification can now be arrived at. | 
BUTEO VULGARIS, Leach, COMMON 
BUZZARD. 
A fine adult example of this species was killed in 
October 1902 at Earystein, Arbory, and came into posses- 
sion of Mr. James Cooil, whose farm is close to the 
scene of its capture. The place is near the head of Colby 
Glen, where pasture-fields alternate with wet and gorse- 
grown ‘gareys’ about the course of the little stream, as it 
descends from the high uplands at the Slock. The bird 
was supposed to be preying upon the rabbits abundant on 
