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Melbourne they were observed to eat the food which had been 

 given to some swine. Glover tells us that several of these 

 birds were shot in January, 1829, in the neighbourhood of 

 Derby. The Waxwing may be fairly considered not only a 

 rare Derbyshire bird, but also among the rarest of those visitants 

 to our shores that are classified as English birds. Several 

 specimens of the Hawfinch or Grosbeak (Loxia coccothranstes) 

 were also seen, during the severe frost, in the neighbourhood 

 of Belper, and one in the garden close to the house at Spondon 

 Hall. 



Mr. Heath tells us, that in December last a Goosander {Mergus 

 merganser) was shot at Borrowash, and two Black-headed Gulls 

 (Chroicocepkalus ridibutidus) on the Derwent, just below Derby. 

 They had doubtless been driven up the Trent and Derwent 

 by the severe weather, in search of food. 



The Teal and the Widgeon have been taken in large numbers, 

 in the south of the county, during the late frosts. 



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BEMROSE AND SONS, PRINTERS, LONDON AND DERBY. 



