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Lot 46*. The Lanner, Falco Lannarius. Colonel Bullock (19s.). 

 Lot 52. Rose-coloured Ouzle. Mr. Swainson (22s.). 

 Lot 54. The Crested Titmouse; rare. Mr. Vigors (lis.). 

 Lot 54*. The White-winged Crossbill (male and female) ; very- 

 rare. Lord Stanley (22s.). 



Lot 64. The Mountain Partridge ; "a pair of them were lately 

 killed in Cheshire by J. Davenport, Esq., M.P." Mr. Bates 

 (£4 10s.). A MS. note in Professor Newton's copy adds : — ■" This 

 specimen from France." 



Lot 65. A pair of the curious small variety of the Common 



Partridge, which rarely occurs in France. Lord Stanley (£4 4s.). 



Lot 66. Curious variety of the Arctic Gull ; killed in the 



Orkneys " by Mr. Sands " (MS. note in Professor Newton's copy). 



Baron Laugier (34s.). 



Lot 6S. Larus Glaucus ; killed on Loch Lomond ; very rare 

 as a British bird. "Shot by Dr. Stuart of Lugs" (MS. note in 

 Professor Newton's copy). Lord Stanley (19s.). 



Lot 113. A case containing Twenty Birds, from Sierra Leone ; 

 nearly the whole of which are undescribed ; a most interesting 

 lot to the naturalist. Professor Temminck (£16 10s.). 



Lot 125. Doubtful Barbet ; very rare and fine. Professor 

 Temminck (£2 4s.). 



Lot 128. Yellow-pinioned Finch, Latham MS., not described. 

 Mr. Molinari (24s.). 



Lot 128. Two beautiful Pigeons, supposed male and female; 

 shot by Sir Joseph Banks, in his voyage with Capt. Cook ; the 

 only ones known. Mr. Ledbetter (£7 7s.). 



Dr. Leach did not appear at this stage of the sale, and the 

 principal British buyers were Lord Stanley, Mr. Vigors, Mr. 

 Swainson, Mr. Molinari [or Molinaire, as the Museum copy has 

 the name], Colonel Bullock, Mr. Sabine, Mr. Riddell, Captain 

 Laskey, Mr. Ryall, Mr. Ashmead. Many specimens went abroad 

 with Professor Temminck, Baron Laugier making only a few 

 purchases. The Marquis of Buckingham bought, for £47 5s., 

 Lot 111, "The Great Boa Constinctor, thirty-two feet long, in 

 the act of seizing a Deer ; most beautifully set up, and considered 

 as the finest subject in the Museum." A MS. note in Professor 

 Newton's copy declai'es that " the Boa was only 20 feet long, but 

 much thicker." 



The Twenty-third Day's Sale took place on the 8th of June, 

 1819, and commenced with "foreign birds." 



