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single narrow wing-bar. Of these, the first was 

 shot at Egremont in 1880, and is in the possession 

 of Capt. Johnson of Castlesteads. The second was 

 shot some few years ago at Barrock Park, where it 

 is preserved. The third, a female, possibly not quite 

 thoroughbred, as the bases of the secondaries are 

 slightly tinged on the inner edge with greyish white, 

 was shot at Carlisle, January 16th, 1884. 



Grey Shrikes have chiefly occurred in Cumber- 

 land from October to March, and no occurrences at 

 midsummer have as yet been substantiated in the 

 county. In 1866 an example was shot near Wigton, 

 on April 14th ; another was observed at Stainton, 

 April 11th, 1828 ; and in 1884 another lingered 

 at Carlisle until the 10th of May. Our earliest 

 autumnal occurrence is that of a fine adult male, 

 with the usual two bars, shot near Slaggyford, on 

 the borders of Cumberland, on September 13th, 

 1884, which contained the body of a small bird. 

 Our most recent notes refer to a bird observed at 

 Orton in December, 1884 ; to a second obtained by 

 Mr. Crow, in a poletrap, near Bewcastle, about the 

 same time ; and to a third observed by Mr. Cairns, 

 near Floriston, on March 11th, 1885. Mr. Cairns 

 had alighted from his trap to investigate the move- 

 ments of a Sparrowhawk, when a Grey Shrike 

 flew up and settled on the hedge beside him. Mr. 

 Cairns subsequently followed the Shrike a con- 

 siderable distance, but not having a gun with him, 

 was unable to decide the character of its winof-bars. 



The following extract from Mr. Macpherson's 

 paper on Shrikes (Trans. Cum. and Westd. Assocn., 



