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Mr. Seebohm only says “One was seen in Norfolk, 
October, 1854, and another was shot in Suffolk, in March, 
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1860, whilst a third was obtained near Cheltenham.” 
| If we compare the good fortune of T. Atrigularis, 
¥ E. Rustica, E. Pusilla, and many other single occurrences, 
_ with the fate of the Rejected ‘Icteride’; we shall find 
‘matter for reflection. 
The Norfolk bird was seen by Captain Jary a care- 
ful observer of nature at Walsham. 
. The Rev. H. T. Frere gives the account of the shooting 
_ of the Suffolk Bird at Thrandeston, March, 1860, by R. 
_ Baker. 
The eggs are amongst the most beautiful ; my clutch 
of five were taken by Mr. F. T. Pember, at Granville, 
New York, 6th May, 1882. Pure white; beautifully 
spotted with richjred brown, 1.10 by .82. The nests are 
built upon the ground. 
THE PARROT CROSSBILL. 
(Lox1a PITYOPSITTACUS.) 
Admitted to the B.O.U. List. 
Admitted by Newton. 
Admitted by Seebohm, 
as a variety of ‘Curvirostra,’ who says “English Orni- 
thologists have for the most part treated the Common, 
and Parrot Crossbills as *distinct species; the facts of 
nature do not warrant such a conclusion in the least.” 
He speaks of it asthe “large form of the common cross- 
bill.” 
Newton says of the ‘Larger Crossbill’ that it has 
“received specific recognition from the most approved 
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