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seven were seen at one time in 1876 in Upper Eslidale * 
where the plague raged fiercely. One was tfken at Lang- 
holm ,„ October, ISlof ; another, a male, was killed nefr 
Lockerbie on November 9thJ ; and others were obtained fn 
the county m November and December of the sameyeanS 
nnbt °' immigration again took place^ 
on ?afr'" ""^^^^^"^ Blackwood (Keir) 
on October 29th, as recorded by Mr. R. Service|| ; one which 
was trapped that winter at Capenoch (Keir is now in 
ray possession ; and I believe another was killed near the e 
shortly after, but it was not preserved. During the 
devastating plague of voles in 1891-1893 this species Igai^ 
appeared in unusual numbers in the infested districts, 
in th. ""'"0'°'' u ^°»gli-l«gged Buzzards took place 
to olZ ^'^'^S*''^'- Wood (Holywood) 
in October, measured fifty inches from tip to tip of its win J 
and IS now m the possession of Mr. Hall of Berrylanr In 
November one was killed at Auchancheyne (Glencairn^ 
and sent to Edinburgh to be stuffed ; three other^ S 
observed there about the same time ; and one is ecorfed 
9th, 1903, 1 watched a bird of this species for several mmutes 
at close range on Kilmark Moor (Tynron). Mr. R ™ S 
came unde T' ^ough-legged Buzzards that 
S th«t.K during this immigration of 
1903, that they "were most remarkable for the range of 
colour in the plumage shown by the various examples 
^y S.^ '^-'-^'"^"^^ o 
anfiir^'f °f th« northern parts of Europe 
and Asia, is found on migration in autumn and winter as 
Trans D. and O. Nat. Hist. Soc, April 17th, 1901. 
t Proo. Nat. Hist. Soc. Olasg., 1876, Vol. IH., p. 30 
I Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin., Vol. IV., 1876, p 67 
5 atst. Berwick Nat. Club, Vol. VII., p. 463 
II Zoologist, 1881, p. 61. 
H Trans. D. and Q. Nat. Hist. Soc, December 18th, 1903. 
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