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bosom and put him into his cage. He drew himself up in a 

 corner of his box, quite sulkily, and was found dead in the 

 same position next morning. 

 Cheltenham, Feb. 1. 1836. 



Art. V. Notice of the Arrival of Twenty-six Species of the Summer 

 Birds of Passage in the Neighbourhood of Carlisle, Cumberland, 

 during the Spring of 1835 ; to which are added a few Observations 

 on some of the scarcer Species of Birds that have been obtained in 

 the same Vicinity from Nov. 10. 1834, to Nov. 10. 1835; and a 

 few Meteorological Remarks on the Spring, Summer) and Autumn 

 of 1855, at Carlisle. By a Correspondent. 



* # * The figures contained in the column on the right, in the table below, 

 as well as those affixed to the species not included in it, refer to the 

 numbers in Fleming's History of British Animals, which we have inserted, 

 in order that any reader who may wish to see the various synonymes of 

 any of the birds alluded to in this paper may find the species at once, 

 should he possess, or have an opportunity of consulting, that very useful 

 publication. 



Bed-backed Shrike (Ldnius Collurio), n. 40. — On Sept. 

 5., a specimen, in nestling plumage, was shot on the banks of 

 the river Eden, near the village of Cargo. The red-backed 



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