. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . n wasteland; and when a reed-bed in a marsh is selected forits breeding quarters, the nest is piled up with sticks andsedges to a little height above the surface of the bog, toprotect the eggs and young from the water with which theswamp is liable to be flooded after heavy rains. Theeggs, which are four or five in number, are usually bluishwhite, without spots, but they are sometimes slightlymarked with yellowish brow
. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . n wasteland; and when a reed-bed in a marsh is selected forits breeding quarters, the nest is piled up with sticks andsedges to a little height above the surface of the bog, toprotect the eggs and young from the water with which theswamp is liable to be flooded after heavy rains. Theeggs, which are four or five in number, are usually bluishwhite, without spots, but they are sometimes slightlymarked with yellowish brown. It is probable that the Kite (Milvus ictinus) was foundin Berwickshire in former times, and it would, along withthe Hen-Harrier and the Buzzard, be known as the addition to Gledstane Forest, previously mentioned, theGled appears to have given its name to Gladswood, on theTweed above Dryburgh, and Gladscleugh Burn which joinsWhalplaw Burn near Peat Law (1367 ft.), in the parish ofLauder. There is no record of any specimen of the MarshHarrier {Circus ceruginosus), or Montagus Harrier {Circuscineraceus), having been obtained in Berwickshire. ...iWSW St-^^t^^^.ff^^. ACCIPITRES. ( 302 ) FALCONID^. THE BUZZAED. COMMON BUZZARD, GLEAD, GLED, KITE, PUTTOCK. Buteo vulgaris. The sheep-hoy •whistled loud, and lo !That instant, startled by the shock,The Buzzard inountedfrom the rock, Deliberate and slow. Wordsworth. Although it is probable that, in former times, the Buzzardbred in Berwickshire, it is now only an occasional autumnand winter visitor to the county, when on migration fromthe northern parts of Europe. Selby, writing in 1839, mentions an example which hehad received from ^ Lauderdale appears to bea favourite resort of this bird, for we find Mr. Kelly record-ing that six or seven specimens had been obtained there,from about 1868 to 1875,^ aud that two occurred in thespring and winter of 1876, while one was seen at BlytheEdge in January 1877.^ Mr. Hardy re
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