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The American Mottled Owl, Strix Asio. Yorkshire spring. 

 Second StoppLment to Yarrell, p. 3. 



The American White-winged Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera of 

 American authors. Picked up dead in Devonshire, autumn. 

 Ibid. p. 22. 



The Belted Kingfisher, Akedo Alcyon (American). Meath and 

 Wicklow, autumn. Ibid. p. 29. 



The Red-necked Goatsucker, Caprimulgus ruficollis (American). 

 Northumberland, autumn. Zoologist, p. 7,936. 



The Downy "Woodpecker, Piciis pubescens (American). Dorset, 

 winter. Zoologist, p. 6,444. 



The Hairy Woodpecker, Picus villosus (American). Yorkshire, 

 winter. Zoologist, pp. 2,496, 2,527. 



The Sand Grouse, Sijrrhaptes paradoxus (Asiatic). Wales, sum- 

 mer ; and Norfolk, autumn. Zoologist, pp. 6,728, 6,764. 



Macqueen's Bustard, Otis Macqueeni (Asiatic). Lincolnshiie, 

 autumn. Yarrell, Sujjplement, p. 33. 



Esquimaux Curlew, Nmnenius borealis (American). Kincardine- 

 shire, autumn. Ibid. p. 36. 



Bartram's Sandpiper, Totanus Bartramii (American). Warwick- 

 shire and Cambridgeshire, winter. Ibid. p. 40. 



The Yellow-shanked Sandpiper, Totanus flavipcs (American). 

 Lincolnshire, winter. Yarrell, Supplement, p. 45. Zoologist, 



p. 5,958. 



The Little Peep Sandpiper, Tringa pusilla (American), Cornwall. 



Ibid. p. 4,296. 



Paget's Pochard, FuUgula ferinoides (American). Norfolk, 



winter. Ibid. p. 1,778. 



The Membranaceous Duck, Malacorhynckus membranaceus 

 (Australian), Ireland. Ibid. p. 4,213. 



If the above additions be allowed, the number 

 of British Birds will be : — 



Resident aU the year 1^0 



Summer visitors ^^ 



Winter visitors ^^ 



Capricious visitors ^^^ 



Total . . 361 



