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§ 2322. One. — Scotsburn Wood, Ross-shire, 16 March, 1858. 

 From Mr. Hancock. 



Obtained by me at the same time as the last. The nest, said to 

 have been twenty-three feet from the ground in a Scotch fir, is like 

 the last. 



[At Mr. Stevens's, 30th May, 1860, three other eggs from this nest passed 

 into the possession of Mr. Barney, Mr. Simpson, and the late Mr. Wilmot 

 respectively.] 



^ 2323. Foiir.—^Q\N Tarbet, 19 April, 1858. From Mr. 

 Hancock. 



From the same man. Found in a small plantation about three 

 miles from Tarbet House. The note accompanying the nest is 

 marked " Red and Green bird " ; meaning thereby that one bird 

 was in red, the other in green plumage. 



§ 2324. Five. — Balnagown, May, 1858. From Mr. Hancock. 



Sent by the same correspondent as the foregoing to Mr. Hancock. 

 The eggs sat upon. 



[^2325. Four. — Ross-shire, March, 1858. From Mr. Hancock. 



With the uest from the same man.] 



[^ 2326. i^o«^r.— Ross-shire, April, 1858. From Mr. John 

 Hancock. 



With the nest, as the last.] 



[§ 2327. r/^re^.— Kiwi-joen-ranta, Kyro, 18 May, 1862. 



Brought with the nest to Muoniovara on the 25th of May by Kyro Niku, 

 who said that he took them as above in a Scotch fir three fathoms and a half 

 from the ground, and that they were certainly Ristinokka's (as, indeed, they 

 seem to be), for he saw the bird upon the nest. The nest is to all appearance 

 a Crossbill's, and the eggs are so small that I suppose them to be those of Loxia 

 cur'virostra. All his endeavours notwithstanding, Mr. Wolley never succeeded 

 in getting a Crossbill's nest in Lapland.] 



