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One near Wakefield, autumn 18G5 : purchased by me in 



May 1866 of George Lumb, Wakefield, who had it in 



the flesh. 

 One, Invergarry, Inverness-shire, Oct. 1868: Harvie-Brown, 



ZooL, 1868, pp. 1484 and 1519 ; op. cit. Seen in the 



collection of Sir John Crewe, of Calke Abbey. 

 One, Christchurch, Hants, Nov. 6, 1868: Gurney, Zool., 



1868, p. 1481, and 18G9, p. 1511. 

 One seen, Kingsclifie Woods, near North Petherton, 



Somerset, Aug. 4, 1873: J. C. Melvill, Field, Aug. 9, 



1873 ; Zool, 1873, p. 3689. 

 One, Pontrhydyrun Wood, Monmouth. In the Cardiff 



Museum. 

 One, near Eddington, Kent, Nov. 17, 1885: Zool., 1885, 



p. 480. 

 One, Exbury, Hants, Feb. 8, 1886 : Renshaw, Zool, 1886, 



p. 182. 

 One, Marsh Chapel, Lincolnshire, Nov. 6, 1888 : Caton 



Haigh, Zool, 1889, p. 153, and Cordeaux, Nat, 1889, 



p. 44. 

 One, near Swansea: Drane, "Birds of Glamorgan," 1900, 



p. 67. In the Cardiff Museum. 



Ohs. Examples from Scandinavia are said to pos- 

 sess shorter and stouter bills than those found in 

 Central Europe, on which account the two forms 

 have been specifically separated, though with what 

 justice I am unable to say, not having examined a 

 sufficiently large series. It is possible that this 

 variation may depend upon sex. Both forms have 

 been procured in this country. On this subject 

 the reader may be referred to De Selys Longchamps 

 {Bull. Acad. Sci. Bruxelles, tom. xi. No. 10) ; Fisher, 

 " On the Two Species or Varieties of the Nutcracker " 

 {Zool., 1845, p. 1073); Stejneger, " On the Eastern 



