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Chester, was submitted b}' him to Mr. Seebohm, and he 

 has pronounced it to be the Sociable Lapwing, l^anellns 

 fircfianus (Pall.). With the twenty years' reputation of 

 the specimen as a Courser, and being only able to look 

 at it by candle-light in a crowded case, perhaps I may 

 be forgiven for having been deceived by the superficial 

 resemblance between the two, and for having attributed 

 such discrepancies as I could perceive, to the vagaries 







of country bird-stuiiing. However, the credit of the 

 determination belongs entirely to the gentleman named ; 

 and possibly Mr. Seebohm, to whom I have sent all the 

 information I could get, may refer to the matter more 

 fully. — F. S. Mitchell." This specimen was exhibited 

 by Mr. Seebohm at a meeting of the Zoological Society 

 of London, on November '20th 1888. Cf. " Illustrated 

 Manual of British Birds," p. 537. — Ed.j 



