. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. off in direction, and were seen by Col. Russell the same afternoon passing over ; In Rochford Hundred, about 1832, Mr. Parsons described it (11) as oc- curring " chiefly in the woods at Hadleigh and Hockley, but not uncom- ; On an old map of this parish (Chignal St. James), dated 1810, a field, now thrown into another, is called " Put- tock's Leys," or " Put- tock's Leaz," which, being translated, means "Buz- zard's Mead, or ; Mr. Clarke notes
. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. off in direction, and were seen by Col. Russell the same afternoon passing over ; In Rochford Hundred, about 1832, Mr. Parsons described it (11) as oc- curring " chiefly in the woods at Hadleigh and Hockley, but not uncom- ; On an old map of this parish (Chignal St. James), dated 1810, a field, now thrown into another, is called " Put- tock's Leys," or " Put- tock's Leaz," which, being translated, means "Buz- zard's Mead, or ; Mr. Clarke notes (24) that a young female was trapped at Saffron Wal- den in November, 1834 (now in the Museum) ; that another occurred shortly afterwards at Painter's farm; that another (also in the Mu- seum) occurred at Quendon in 1836 ; another near Saffron Walden on December 15th, 1845 ; and that another (female) was trapped at the same place on January 25th, 1853. King describes it (20), rather curiously, as "rare" in the district around Sudbury in his time. He adds, " I only know of one well-authenticated instance of its occurrence ; Writing of the neighbourhood of Epping in 1835, Edward Doubleday says (15), " The Buzzard and Kite are now extinct [here] (thanks to the gamekeepers) ; but the former I have seen within four or five years. Pre^'ious to that time, I have very often watched them, soaring high in the air, over the Park Hall and Hill Hall Woods. They feed chiefly on small_ quadrupeds, toaJs, frogs and insects ; but a toad is their most favourite ; Henry Doubleday, WTiting from Epping, says (10) : " This morning [September 8th, 1840] one of the forest keepers shot a rather singular Common Buzzard. It is lighter coloured than any specimen of the Rough-legged Buzzard I have seen. The head, neck, thighs, and all the under- parts are creamy-white, with a few oblong brown spots. I expect it is a male, as it is small, but I have not yet skinn
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