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near Tayvallich. It was not wild and allowed a close 

 inspection" (G. Brooksbank). 



Wigtownshire. — One near Wliauphill on January 23rd 

 (J. G. Gordon). 



England. 



Northumberland. — ^Mr. J. M. Charlton informs us of 

 the following : two shot from small party, December 9th, 

 at Smeafield (H. B. Hodgson) ; partj^ of four in a garden 

 at Cullercoats on December 29th and 30th, very restless, 

 feeding on berries ; raised and lowered crests and spread 

 tails (Mrs. R. Leeson). Four observed at Longframlington 

 on January 6th (John R. Robinson) ; six at Fulbeck, Mor- 

 peth, on January 6th and 7th ; two seen at Ebchester on 

 January 8th {Newcastle Journal) ; a party observed at 

 Ponteland on January 9th ; two shot at Chopwell on 

 January 28th (R. Mackenzie) ; eight seen at Rothill, near 

 Wliittingham, on January 26th ; reported at Otterburn 

 at the beginning of January. Several flocks seen in the 

 Wliittingham and also Longframlington districts, January 

 28th and February 5th (M. Portal). 



Cumberland. — One was shot near Carlisle on January 5th 

 (Capt. S. Pershouse). 



Yorkshire. — ^From December 6th to January 3rd a number 

 reported from the Whitby district, the largest flock being 

 composed of twenty-one (T. Stephenson, Nat, 1914, p. 67). 

 In December, one near Filey and another at North Burton 

 {t.c, p. 71). Mr. E. W. Wade informs us of the following : 

 one shot at, and another three miles from, Thearne, near 

 Beverley, on November 18th and 21st, and one at Hutton 

 Cranswick on December 8th ; one of a pair which had 

 haunted a garden for a month, killed by a cat at Hornsea 

 on December 10th ; one shot at Driflield on December 20th ; 

 two shot, and a flock of about forty seen near Selby on 

 December 23rd ; one shot at Barrow on December 30th ; 

 one at Hunmanby on December 23rd ; one at Elloughton 

 for about a week from January 7th ; two at Ferriby at 

 the end of January. 



Lincolnshire. — One at Brigg earty in January {W.. 

 Middlemost) ; one at Hainton about January 29th (F. L. 

 Blathwajrt). 



Derbyshire. — Four were seen in the garden at Ridge HaU, 

 Chapel-en-le-Frith, on December 20th ; two, one of which 

 was much exhausted, were seen on January 12th about 

 two miles from the same place (W. M. Marsden). 



