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The American Mottled Owl, Strix Asi.o. Yorkshire, spring. 

 Second Supplement to Yarrell, p. 3. 



The American White-winged Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera of 

 American authors. Picked up dead in Devonshire, autumn. 

 Ibid. p. 22. 



The Belted Kingfisher, Alcedo Alcyon (American). Meath and 

 "Wicklow, autumn. Ibid. p. 29. 



The Red-necked Goatsucker, Caprimulgus ruficollis (American). 

 Northumberland, autumn. Zoologist, p. 7,936. 



The Downy Woodpecker, Picus pubescens (American). Dorset, 

 winter. Zoologist, p. 6,444. 



The Hairy Woodpecker, Picus villosus (American). Yorkshire, 

 winter. Zoologist, pp. 2,496, 2,527. 



The Sand Grouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxes (Asiatic). \ Wales, sum- 

 mer ; and Norfolk, autumn. Zoologist, pp. 6,728, 6,764. 



Macqueen's Bustard, Otis Macqueeni (Asiatic). Lincolnshire, 

 autumn. Yarrell, Supplement, p. 33. 



Esquimaux Curlew, Numenius borealis (American). Kincardine- 

 shire, autumn. Ibid. p. 36. 



Bartram's Sandpiper, Totanus Bartramii (American). "Warwick- 

 shire and Cambridgeshire, winter. Ibid. p. 40. 



The Yellow-shanked Sandpiper, Totanus flavipes (American). 

 Lincolnshire, winter. Yarrell, Supplement, p. 45. Zoologist, 

 p. 5,958. 



The Little Peep Sandpiper, Tringa pusilla (American), Cornwall. 

 Ibid. p. 4,296. 



Paget's Pochard, Fuligula ferinoid.es (American). Norfolk, 

 winter. Ibid. p. 1,778. 



The Membranaceous Duck, Malacorhynchus membranaceus 

 (Australian), Ireland. Ibid. p. 4,213. 



If the above additions be allowed, the number 

 of British Birds will be : 



Resident all the year .140 



Summer visitors 63 



Winter visitors 48 



Capricious visitors 110 



Total 361 



