6 APRIL 1929, Page 18

THE BUZZARD.

Sir William Beach Thomas, in the Spectator for March 16th, says there is some talk of the buzzard being taken off the list of protected birds in the West 'of England. Presumably his remarks refer to Wales. The buzzard is either wholly or partially protected in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, and I am aware of no proposal to alter this. Certainly any such alteration would be strenuously opposed by all ornithologists in the West Country, and I trust the• same attitude will be adopted in Wales. On Exmoor the buzzard is almost-entirely a rabbit eater. I have watched many nests, and their sides have all been piled up with rabbits.—E. W. HE:spy, Porlock,