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One near Bovingdon, Herts, spring of 1879 ; Littleboy, 



Zool, 1881, p. 64. 

 One, Swanpool, Falmouth, Cornwall, Aug. 1881 : Harting, 



ZooL, 1881, p. 384. 



AMERICAN MEADOW STARLING. Sturnella magna 

 (Linnseus). Length, 9 in. ; bill, 1*35 in. ; wing, 4-5 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1*4 in. 



Hah, Eastern United States to the High Central Plains. 



One, Thrandeston, Suffolk : Sclater, Ibis, 1861, p. 176. 

 One seen. South Walsham, Norfolk, Sclater, I.e. 

 One near Cheltenham, many years ago : Lloyd, Field, 

 March 11, 1871 ; Newman, Zool, 1871, p. 2557. 



This specimen was forwarded by Mr. Lloyd for 

 my inspection, and to be named, in March 1871. 

 All of them doubtless escaped cage-birds. 



Elliott Coues remarks ("Key to N. Amer. Birds") 

 that this species varies greatly in size, like Agelwus, 

 and that Southern specimens are much smaller than 

 Northern ones. 



Fam. CORVID^. 



NUTCRACKER. Nucifraga caryocaiactes (Linnaeus). 

 Length, 13 in.; bill, 1*9 in.; wing, 7*25 in.; tarsus, 

 1-2 in. 



Hah. Northern and Central Europe ; Northern Asia, 

 ranging to North China. 



One near Mostyn, Flintshire, Oct. 5, 1753 : Pennant, " Brit. 



Zool.," vol. ii. p. 265 (1766), 1st ed. p. 78 note. 

 One, Kent : Latham, " Synopsis," vol. i. p. 400 (1781). 

 One seen near Bridgewater, autumn 1805 : Montagu, 



"Orn. Diet. Suppl.," 1813; Cecil Smith, "Birds of 



Somersetshire," p. 242. 



