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the list somewhat, but, as it will now be still further revised and 

 added to, it is not thought necessary or advisable to repeat the 

 Cory list. 



No attempt has been made by the compiler to revise the list of 

 specimens in Europe, which will be given exactly as published in 

 the 'Miscellany'. It is thought best, however, in this connection to 

 call the attention of British ornithologists to the statement made 

 by the late Dr. John Latham, that "a pair in possession of Sir 

 Joseph Banks came from Labrador."* In the 'Encyclopedia 

 l^ritannica ' it is stated that the Banks botanical collection went to 

 the British Museum, In Mr. Rovidey's list, he specifically states 

 that the specimens in the British Museinn were otherwise obtained. 

 It is fair to assume, therefore, that there is, at least, one pair of 

 these valuable birds in Europe that is still unrecorded in the 

 publications of the present day. 



^^List of Specime?is.'\ 

 "EUROPE. 



Sex. Number. 



'•The British Museum J, $ 2 



cf adult, presented to the Museum by the Hudson's 



Bay Company about the year 1S35. 

 $ adult, purchased from Verreaux in 1S63, with a mis- 

 cellaneous lot of North American birds. 



''Liverpool Museum ^, J, ^ juv. 3 



$ adult, purchased from Mr. Gould, January i6th, 1833, 

 $ adult, presented by T. C. Eyton, Esq. (no date) ; 



purchased from Mr. Gould January i6th, 1833. 

 $ . Though regarded by Lord Derby as a female, this 

 would apjiear to be a young male; "for the throat 

 and breast are assuming the white of the male." 



"Strickland Collection, Cambridge J i 



Obtained by Mr. H. E. Strickland, from his relation, 

 Mr. Arthur Strickland, in 1S50 ; in full plumage and 

 good condition. Nothing more is known about it. 



"Col. Wedderburn's collection ^ i 



Shot by him in 1852, in Halifax Harbour. Sternum 

 in Cambridge Museum. 



"Leyden Museum ^, 5 2 



Were obtained in 1863. The name put to them is. 

 Prince of Neuwied. 



*A General History of Birds, Vol. X, 1824, p. 318. 

 t From Rowley's Miscellany, pt. VI, 1877, pp. 221-223. 



