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Two, Ashdowii Forest, Sussex, Feb, 1848 : Knox, " Orn. 



Rambles in Sussex," p. 212. (Doubtful.) 

 One seen near Petworth, Sussex, prior to 1849 : Knox, I.e. 



(Doubtful.) 

 One, Braemar, August 1850, seen by Macgillivray : "Nat. 



Hist. Deeside," p. 403. 

 One, Somersetshire : Baker (on the authority of Mr. Austin, 



of Bridgewater), Somerset ArchiBol. Proc, 1851, p. 



144 ; D'Urban, ZooL, 1890, p. 183. 

 One, Taunton: Prideaux, ZooL, 1852, p. 3474. Seen by 



Mr. Nicholls, ZooL, 1877, p. 248. 

 One seen at Dunkeld by Col. Drummond Hay, as reported 



by him to Mr. Gurney, ZooL, 1877, p. 248. 

 Two stated to have been seen amongst spruce firs at King's 



Sterndale, near Buxton: Punchaby, Field, Feb. 4, 1860. 



Probably Crossbills. 

 One in the Whitby Museum, shot out of a flock by Mr. 



Kitching, winter 1861: Clarke and Roebuck, " Hand- 

 book of Yorkshire Vertebrates," p. 31 ; Gurney, ZooL, 



1890, p. 126. 

 Two seen on an Arbor vitie at St. Germains, Cornwall, 



Nov. 8, 1868 : Gurney, on the authority of Gatcombe, 



ZooL, 1877, p. 248. 



Ohs. This list has been revised in accordance 

 with the views expressed by Mr. J. H. Gurney in a 

 paper " On the claims of the Pine Grosbeak to be 

 regarded as a British Bird," ZooL, 1877, p. 242, and 

 his supplementary remarks, ZooL, 1890, p. 125. 

 See also some observations by Mr. D'Urban and 

 Mr. O. V. Aplin, ZooL, 1890, pp. 183, 184, on the 

 unreliable nature of certain records relating to Devon- 

 shire and Hampshire respectively. 



