EOUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD. 
( Gulholmen, June 5, J 884.) 
abandoned nest of Corvus cornix. Kestrel and Sparrow- 
hawk also breed commonly, but the Hobby is unknown. 
The Jer-Falcon, on the coast (Nordmore, Inderoen, 
etc.), selects sea-cliffs, or the bush-clad crags of the 
fjords for its eyrie, whereas in the inland forests, as 
well as in the far north, a tall pine is preferred. In 
288 WILD NORWAY. 
early in May (four eggs, hard sat, by May 10th, 
Trondhjem’s Amt)—a fortnight earlier in Telemark and 
Wermland (Sweden). The Merlin we have found with 
eggs by May 28th—(Bodo)—and well-grown young on 
June 19th (Siirendal), in both these cases in an 
