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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
Honey Buzzard in Suffolk. — A remarkably fine specimen of 
the Honey Buzzard ( Pernis apivorus) was shot in Bull’s Cross 
Wood, on the Edwardstone Hall Estate, about 4£ miles S.E. of 
Lavenham in Suffolk, on or about the 1st of July, by a gamekeeper, 
who mistook it in thick covert for a Wood Pigeon. It is in perfect 
adult plumage, having the lower parts almost entirely white, and 
has been preserved by Mr. Travis, taxidermist, Burv St. Edmund’s, 
in whose shop Mr. J. II. Gurney and I had the pleasure of examin- 
ing it shortly after it was mounted. — E. A. Butler, Lt.-Col. 
Marked Woodcocks. — January, 1898. Young Woodcocks have 
been marked in the Parks at Alnwick, the seat of the Duke of 
Northumberland, since the year 1891, with a German silver ring 
on the leg, on which was stamped the letter “N,” and the year, 
(thus, N 91). 
The following marked birds have been shot : — 
Mark and 
Date. 
n. oi. 
N. 91. 
N. 92. 
N. 94. 
N. 94. 
N. 96. 
N. 96. 
N. 07.* 
N. 97. 
N. 97. 
Where Killed and by Whom. 
Harehope, Northumberland (about 7 miles N.W.) 
Hulne Park, Alnwick, by Earl Percy 
„ „ b}' Hon. T. Willoughby 
Broome Park, Northd. (adjoining Estate) 
Hepburn Wood, Northd. (about 10 miles N.W.) 
Hulne Park, by Mr. Paynter 
„ (Catheugh) 
Rosegarland, Wexford, Ireland 
Hulne Park, Alnwick, by Earl Percy ... 
„ „ by Lord George Campbell 
Date when 
Killed. 
Nov. 1891 
Dec. 1892 
Jan. 6, 1896 
Nov. 1894 
Jan. 1895 
Nov. 1896 
Dec. 16, 1896 
Dec. 10, 1897 
Jan. 1898 
Jan. 1898 
(* See letter in ‘ Field ’ Newspaper hu F. R. Leigh.) 
The above birds were all marked in the months of May or June. 
Numbers marked, 1891. 
M 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
1892. 
1894. 
1896. 
1897. 
6 
5 
4 
9 
19 
Woodcocks. 
55 
55 
55 
55 
Woodcocks were also ringed by the keepers in 1893 and 1895, 
but at present none are known to have been shot belonging to those 
years. (It was stated that one was shot in Sussex last year, but as 
the bird was purchased at a poulterer’s, there was doubt as to where 
it was killed : cf. ‘The Field,’ February 13th, 1897). — E. G. Wiieler. 
Migration of Ping Ouzel ( Turdus torquatus, L.). — In April of 
last year, 1896 (7 tli and 8th), large numbers were making their 
