210 Mr. A. Newton on the Irruption of 



123. Kilcot, 2° 20' W. One found, "evidently starved to 

 death/' about the second week in January 1864. Mr. V. R. 

 Perkins, ' Zool.' p. 8958. 



124. Montrose, 2° 27' W. Six, shot on the Links, about the 

 first week in June. 'Edinburgh Evening Courant,' 13th June. 

 Lieut. -Col. Drumraond-Hay, in litt., 15th June. 



125. Warrington, 2° 35' W. One shot, about four miles off, 

 on the 28th November. Mr. James Cooper, ' Zool.' p. 8958. 



126. Ludlow, 2° 43' W. A flock of eighteen strange birds, 

 supposed to be Partridges, but more probably of this species. 

 Anon., ' Field,' 30th May. 



127. Penrith, 2° 45' W. One shot, in May or June. Mr. 

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



128. Noss, 3° 5' W. A flock seen, between the 8th and 23rd 

 June. Mr. H. Osborne, 'Times,' 26th June. 



129. Oswestry, 3° 5' W. Two killed, from a flock of nearly 

 one hundred ; preserved by Messrs. Buffon and Wilson. ' Field,' 

 13th June. 



130. Gordon Castle, 3° 6' W. One shot by the Duke of 

 Richmond, out of a flock of seven or eight, 16th October. Mr. 

 Knox, on the Duke's authority, in litt., 23rd October. 



131. Westerseat, 3° 10' W. A male shot, out of a flock of 

 ten or twelve, 8th June ; now in Dr. Sinclair's collection. Mr. 

 H. Osborne, ' Times,' 26th June. 



132. Leasowe, 3° 10' W. A male shot, early in November. 

 Mr. T. J. Moore, ' Zool.' p. 8889. 



A male previously shot in the same district, at Hoylake. Mr. 

 T. J. Moore, ' Intellectual Observer,' October, p. 200. Erro- 

 neously recorded by the same gentleman in ' Times/ 6th June, 

 as having been killed near Perth. 



133. Walney, 3° 15' W. A pair shot, 22nd May, out of a 

 flock of about fourteen. Mr. E. J. Schollick, ' Times,' 26th May. 



This was the first published notice, I believe, of the arrival of 

 Syrrhaptes in England. 



