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that Mr. Templeton met with in Ireland. I have since seen a note 
in that gentleman’s journal, which proves my doubt to have been too 
well founded. Under “ December 10, 1819 ” it appears he on that day 
“ saw a F. subbuteo in the collection of Mr. John Montgomery.” This 
collection, however, which was known to me at all times, never contained 
the hobby, properly so called. 
Honey Buzzard, vol. i. p. 77. 
May 1849. I saw one of these birds in the possession of Mr. Glen- 
non, Dublin, of which he gave me the following account. The bird 
was sent to him by Captain Charles Dunne, of Ballynacargy, Baron- 
ston, on the 6th of April that year, and was said to have been 
observed there for two years during summer and winter (?). Captain 
Dunne, having often seen it knock down a coot for food, had one of 
these birds killed, and its flesh poisoned with strychnine, as bait for it. 
A few days afterwards the buzzard was found poisoned on the lake 
which the coots frequented. We should rather have expected what 
is related here to apply to a marsh harrier than to a honey buzzard. 
Marsh Harrier, vol. i. p. 78. 
November 17, 1849. Five of these birds came under my notice 
to-day, in the shop of Mr. Glennon, by whom I was informed that he 
had received nine altogether within the last ten days. They were all 
either shot or trapped at a small lake at Ballynacargy, where the honey 
buzzard, just mentioned, was obtained. As many wild ducks are on 
the lake, it was considered that they had tempted the marsh harriers to 
it, and the ducks being strictly preserved, war was waged against their 
supposed enemies. All of the five birds which I saw had more or less 
buff on the head, and the other four were said to have been similar in 
this respect. 
Snowy Owl, vol. i. p. 95. 
A fine specimen, 2 feet in length, 4 feet 10 inches in expanse of 
wings, and 5 lbs. in weight, was shot on the 22nd of February, 1850, 
when flying above a turf bog, near Lurgan, county of Armagh : — it 
admitted the close approach of the fowler. Black and white are 
nearly in equal proportions in its plumage, excepting that on the face, 
and throat, and beneath the wings, it is white. In its stomach were 
