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Two from flock of eight near Croydon, Nov. 1889 : Field, 



Nov. 30, 1889. 

 One, South Cockerington, near Louth, autumn 1889 : 



Cordeaux, Nat., 1890, pp. 2-5. 

 Two, Frith Hill, near Godalming, Nov. 28, 1889 : Benson, 



Zool., 1890, p. 17. 

 One near Sawbridgeworth, Herts, Jan. 11, 1890: Rivers, 



Zool., 1893, p. 27. Recorded as L. leuco'ptera, but 



identified by Hartert as this species. Cf. Grossman, 



Trans. Herts Nat. Hist. Soc, 1896, pp. 74, 75. 

 One, CO. Fermanagh, Feb. 17, 1895, C. Langham : Ussher, 



" Birds of Ireland," p. 74. 



WHITE - WINGED CROSSBILL. Loxia leucoptera, 

 Gmelin. Length, 6 in. ; bill, 0*7 in. ; wing, 3 '5 in. ; 

 tarsus, 0*6 in. 



Hab. Northern parts of North America. 



One near Worcester, 1836. In the Strickland collection, 



Cambridge Museum. 

 One near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Feb. 1841 : R. Gray, 



" Birds of West of Scotland," p. 155. 

 One, Exmouth, Oct. 17, 1845 : Fitton, Zool., 1845, p. 1190. 

 Four from a flock, Cowick, near Snaith, Yorkshire, Dec. 



27, 1845 : Milner, Zool, 1847, p. 1694. 

 Four, Edwinstowe, Notts, April 1849: Sterland, "Birds of 



Sherwood Forest," p. 126. 

 A flock near Banff", 1859 : Edward, Zool., 1859, p. 6631. 

 One, Yarmouth, Oct. 9, 1872: Stevenson, Trans. Norf. 



Nat. Soc, 1873, p. 118. 



Obs. Some years since Dr. Dewar of Glasgow, 

 when 600 miles off Newfoundland, observed a num- 

 ber of these birds crossing the Atlantic before a 

 stiff westerly breeze. Many alighted on the rigging, 

 and ten or twelve specimens were secured. Of 

 these, two escaped as the ship neared Ireland, 



