116 RARE VISITANTS. 
1846, p. 1498; Stevenson, Birds of Norfolk, vol. 1. 
p. 243. 
One, Mickleover, near Derby, Nov. 1845: Bell, Zoologist, 
1846, p. 1247. 
Nine, Brampton, near Carlisle, 1846 : Cooper, Zoologist, 1846, 
p- 1551; Hodgkinson, Zoologist, 1847, p. 1638. 
One, Epping: Yarrell, fide Doubleday, op. cit. 
Four or five seen, one shot, near Thetford, 10th May, 1846: 
Hunter, Zoologist, 1846, p. 1498; Stevenson, op. cit. 
p. 242. 
Several, Drinkston, Suffolk, 1849: Bree, Zoologist, 1849, 
p. 2419. 
One, Taunton, Somerset, 1851: Prideaux, Zoologist, 1852, 
p. 3474. 
One, co. Dublin, July or August 1868: Blake Knox, Zoologist, 
1868, p. 1376. 
AMERICAN WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. Lowia leu- 
coptera, Gmelin. 
Hab. Northern parts of North America. 
One near Jedburgh, Roxburgshire, Feb. 1841: R. Gray, 
Birds of West of Scotland, p. 155. 
One, Exmouth, Sept. 1845: Fitton, Zoologist, 1845, p. 1190; 
Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 34. 
Four, Edwinstowe, Notts, April 1849: Sterland, Birds of 
Sherwood Forest, p. 126. 
“A large flock” near Banff, 1859: Edward, Zoologist, 1859, 
p. 6631; R. Gray, J. ¢. 
Obs. Some years since Dr. Dewar of Glasgow, when 
600 miles off Newfoundland, observed a number of 
these birds crossing the Atlantic before a stiff westerly 
breeze. Many alighted on the rigging, and ten or 
twelve specimens were secured. Of these two escaped 
