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EPPING FOREST
Rough-legged Buzzard. A pair of these birds killed some
years ago at Epping were presented by the late Mr.
Doubleday, of Epping, to the British Museum, where
they are still preserved.
Honey Buzzard. A specimen of this bird was observed in
September 1881 by my brother, Sir T. F. Buxton. It
rose from a bush of beech close to his feet, and flew
with rather a heavy flight to an oak about 20 yards
off, where it remained for a few seconds. On examin-
ing the bush he found it swarming with wasps, which
SPARROW HAWK.
began to fly out on his touching the bushes. He then
found pieces of wasps' comb lying on the ground outside
the bush, and the dead leaves scattered around. On
the following morning, on approaching the spot, he
again saw the bird flying over the trees away from him.
Much more of the wasps' comb was lying about, and a
large cavity could be seen under the branches, where the
nest had evidently been scratched up, and the contents
strewn around. The branches of the bush showed no
signs of injury, as they would have done had any man
disturbed the nest. The spot was near the spring on
the Woodredon Hill. The bird was subsequently seen
on several successive days.
Raven. " A pair of ravens used to nest in the Wanstead
heronry. Your grandfather, Samuel Gurney, took me
there one spring (I think about 1833 or 1834), and we
then saw two young ravens which the keeper had taken
out of the nest a few hours previously. Your grandfather
bought them, and turned them loose in the stable-yard