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given, and tlie author says: "The subject of this 

 plate, together with the female, was shot at Hanwell, 

 in Middlesex, in December, 1783, by Mr. West- 

 brook, who kindly indulged me with the liberty of 

 making this drawing. The female was killed, but 

 the male being only wounded in the wing soon re- 

 covered, and became sociable and lively. It gave the 

 preference to fresh juniper-berries rather than any 

 other food. It was presented to Lady Ducie, and 

 placed in the menagerie, where it lived some time." 

 Two beautiful specimens of the Waxwing were 

 shot some j^ears ago by a gardener in the service of 

 a gentleman at Highgate. Great numbers of this 

 bird visited this country in 1850, and several ex- 

 amples were obtained in the neighbourhood of 

 London. In the 'Zoologist' for 1850 there is a 

 note from Mr. Newman, the able editor of that 

 periodical, dated Januar}^ 22nd, in which he says : 

 " I have notices of this bird having been killed last 

 week in many localities round London, — Harrow- 

 on-the Hill, Kilburn (seven specimens), Eltham, 

 Bainham, Wimbledon, &c., and I have seen these in 

 the flesh." A male of this species, in the collection 

 of Mr. Bond, was killed some years since near 

 Cricklewood, on the Edgeware Road. Like most of 

 our winter visitants, the Waxwing comes to us from 

 the north, but from the infrequency and uncertainty 

 of its visits, its habits in this country are little 

 known. 



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