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Several, Wemyss Bay, Firth of Clyde, spring 1862: Gray, 



" Birds of West of Scotland," p. 154. 

 •One near Shifnal, Shropshire, 1862: Beckwith, "Birds of 



Shropshire," p. 377. 

 Three, Cheltenham, 1862: Guise, Zool, 1862, p. 7844. 

 Three, Colchester, Feb. 1862: Bree, Zool, 1862, p. 8032. 

 Two, Christchnrch, Hants, 1862, In the collection of the 



late F. Bond. 

 A pair, Soiithgate, Middlesex, Nov. 1864. The male, for- 

 merly in the collection of F. Bond, now in the possession 



of J. H. Gurney. 

 Two, Oswestry, no date mentioned : Rocke, Zool., 1865, 



p. 9781 ; Beckwith, " Birds of Shropshire," p. 377. 

 One, Flamborough, Aug. 1866 : Boulton, Zool., 1867, p. 543. 

 One, (?) Melton, Suftblk, Jan. 1869 : Clark Kennedy, Zool, 



1869, p. 1700. 

 One, Erringham, near Shoreham. In collection W. Borrer. 

 One, St. Leonard's Forest, Sussex, March 1870. In the 



same collection. 

 Several, Marley, near Exmouth, Jan. 1888 : D'Urban and 



Mathew, " Birds of Devon," p. 73. 

 One, Parsonstown, Ireland, Jan. 1889: Zool, 1889, p. 181. 



Ohs. Tn The Zoologist for 1863, p. 8845, and in 

 Gould's " Birds of Great Britain," mention is made 

 of several Parrot Crossbills killed at Brandon, 

 Suffolk, in October 1863 and March 1864; but 

 these subsequently proved to be only large varieties 

 of the Common Crossbill [cf. Stevenson, " Birds of 

 Norfolk," vol. i. pp. 239, 240). By some naturalists 

 the Parrot Crossbill is considered to be merely a 

 large race of the Common Crossbill, and not entitled 

 to specific rank. See the remarks on this point, 

 antea, p. 90. 



