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96. Peterborough, 15' W. One or two killed in May or 

 June. No other information. Mr. T. H. Allis, ' Zool.' p. 8724. 



97. Skidby, 25' W. One, weak and emaciated^ caught alive, 

 last week in July. Mr. W. W. Boulton, ' ZooL' p. 8769. 



98. Flotmanby, 25' W, Seven killed, out of a flock of nine- 

 teen, between 3rd and 10th June. Four were preserved, the 

 remainder eaten ; 'Times,' 19th June. Mr. E.Wright, 'Zool.' 

 p. 8688, Mr. A. Roberts, ' Zool.' p. 8722, and Captain Woodall, 

 in litt., 3rd September. 



99. Whitby, 35' W. One killed in May or June. No fur- 

 ther particulars. Mr. T. H. Allis, ' Zool.' p. 8724. 



100. Aldershot, 45' W. The female of a pair killed, 26th 

 May ; another female killed, out of a flock of nine, shortly after- 

 wards. Mr. M. A. Mathews, ' Zool.' pp. 8683, 8684. 



101. Unst, 55' W. One shot, 4th November, at Halligarth, 

 on this the most northern of the British Islands. The bird was 

 first seen on 28th October, and others also appeared in the 

 neighbourhood. Mr. H. L. Saxby, 'Zool.' p. 8888. 



102. Dax, 1°W.* No particulars. M. LeonOlph-Galliard, 

 on authority of M. E. Fairmaire, J. f. 0. p. 390. 



103. Farnsfield, 1° 2' W. A pair killed, out of four birds 

 seen, 2nd June, by Mr. T. Jackson, of Allamoor Farm. Auct. 

 anon., ' Field, ^ 6th June. 



104. York, 1° 5' W. One killed in the neighbourhood, out 

 of a party of four, before 22nd June. Five offered for sale to a 

 game-dealer there, but the place where they were obtained not 

 known to the reporter. Mr. E. Wright, ' Zool.' p. 8688^ and 

 Mr. T. H. Allis, ' Zool.' p. 8724. 



105. Teesmouth, 1° 10' W. A flock of sixteen or seventeen 

 stayed some time in the salt-marshes in this neighbourhood. 



* I imagine that this occurrence may be the one alluded to by Dr. de 

 Montessus as having taken place at a certain Solferino : the exact locality 

 I cannot find on any map. The Doctor says, however, that it happened 

 *' une vingtaine de jours " before the 3rd June, which seems to me hardly 

 likely (R. Z. p. 403). 



