. 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 . in its general habits, but itdiffers from them considerably with regard to its food, whichprincipally consists of the larvae of wasps, bees, and otherinsects, as well as earth-worms, slugs, small birds eggs, andmoles. The plumage varies much in colour, especially in birdsof the first and second year, and, according to Mr. Seebohm,there appear to be light and dark forms. He adds thatthis species may be at once distingu
. 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 . in its general habits, but itdiffers from them considerably with regard to its food, whichprincipally consists of the larvae of wasps, bees, and otherinsects, as well as earth-worms, slugs, small birds eggs, andmoles. The plumage varies much in colour, especially in birdsof the first and second year, and, according to Mr. Seebohm,there appear to be light and dark forms. He adds thatthis species may be at once distinguished from the buzzard{Buteo vulgaris) by the scales on the tarsus, which arefinely reticulated all round, instead of being in broad platesat the front and the back. Another equally importantdistinction may be found in the lores, which are finelyfeathered down to the cere, in place of being only coveredwith bristles. ^ 1 Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, vol. viii. pp. 190, 191. 2 Information from Mr. John Bolton, gamekeeper, Dunglass, in letter datedthe 3rd of December 1884. > Mist. Ber. Nat. Club, vol. ix. p. 409. ^ Henry Seebohm, History of British Birds, vol. i. (1883), p. (317) I.—INDEX TO NAMES OF BIEDS IN VOL. I. LATIN NAMES. PAGE PAGE Acrocephalus sclioniohmnus, 75 Gypselidii, . 256 ,, ncEvius, 79 Cypselus apus, . 256 Accentor modularis, 83 CaprimuIgidcB, . 258 Acredula caudata, 89 Caprirmdgus europmun, . 258 Anthus pratensis, . 113 Cucidid(X, . 273 ,, trivicdis, 116 Cucidus canoriis, . 273 „ obscurus, . 118 Circus cyaneus, . 296 Ampelidce, 129 Ampelis garrulus, . 129 Dendrocopus majm . 261 Alaudidce, 250 Alauda arvensis, . 250 Brithaca rubecida. 50 Alcedinidce, . 267 Emberizidiv, . 180 Alcedo ispida, 267 Emheriza miliaria, 180 A luco Jlammeus, . 280 ,, citrinella . 183 Asio otiis. 287 ,, schanichi S-, . 186 Asio accipitrmun, . 289 Acclpitres,Accipiter nisus, 29G811 FringillidoE, .Fringilla cadebs. 148. 162 Buteo vidgariti. 302 ,, montifrinFalconidie, gilla, . 166296 Bu
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