so 
on any other part. This specimen was shot 
in Kent. 
The Rev. G. Glover favoured us with a 
note on this species, in which he says, that 
of two taken from the same nest, and brought 
up tame, one of them had a bright liiteous 
mark on the head, and the other (as Dr. I/, 
describes his specimen to be) entirely of a 
dark chocolate colour. The nest was built 
on a tree. 
The male of this species measures twenty- 
one inches in length, and four feet in breadth, 
and weighs about twenty-two ounces. 
The female measures twenty-three inches 
and a half in length, and weighs about 
twenty-eight ounces. 
The colours of the female are not so bright 
as those of the male. 
Its nest is most frequently found on the 
ground, amongst low bushes, furze, and 
fern, but sometimes it is built on trees. It 
is formed with sticks, rushes, or coarse grass; 
wherein it deposits three or four white eggs, 
considerably less in size than those of the com- 
mon Buzzard. Sometimes they are splashed 
with rust-coloured spots at the larger end. 
