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from the Continent for comparison, were two specimens of 

 Montagu's Rock Pipit, besides tlie true A. aquaiicus. Mr. 

 Goiild''s supposition, therefore, seems confirmed, and we may 

 expect to obtain A. aquaticus on our shores. M. de Selys 

 Lonchamp includes both species in his recently-published 

 Fauna of Belgium, pp. 85 and 86. 



The Short-toed Lark. Alaiida hrachydacti/la. A 

 single example of this species, caught near Shrewsbury, is 

 new to our British catalogue. A figure and further par- 

 ticulars are given on a single leaf, to be inserted in the first 

 volume after page 416. 



The Snow Bunting. Plectrophanes nivalis^ vol. i. p. 

 425. An example of this species, in its fine white summer- 

 plumage, was killed at Royston in Hertfordshire, on the 

 22nd of May, 1840. The bird was given to me by my 

 friend Thomas Wortham, Esq. on whose grounds it was 

 shot. In this state of plumage it is very rare, except in high 

 northern latitudes. 



The Ortolan Bunting. Emberiza hortulana, vol. i. 

 p. 455. On the 29th of April a very perfect example of 

 this rare British Bird was shot whilst sitting on the parapet 

 of the viaduct of the Brighton and London Railway, near 

 the Brighton terminus. The specimen is now in the pos- 

 session of William Borrer, Esq., Jun., at Henfield Sussex. — 

 Annals of Natural History, vol. vii. p. 524. 



The White-winged Crossbill. Loxia leucopttra^ 

 vol. ii. p. 38. An example of this rare bird was killed a few 

 years since at Lariggan, near Penzance, and was saved from 

 destruction by E. H. Rodd, Esq., as noticed in a communi- 

 cation dated October 31st, 1840, and read before the Royal 

 Institute of Cornwall. 



The Roller. Coracias garrula, vol. ii. p. 195. A 

 specimen of this beautifully coloured bird was shot in Sep- 

 tember 1841, at Budleigh Salterton, on the Devonshire 



