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presented a specimen to Mr Bullock, which per- 

 haps had induced that gentleman to search for it 

 himself; and since its discovery there, several 

 specimens have heen procured, some of which are 

 now in the Edinburgh Museum, and others in 

 private collections. One of the latest captures 

 was sent alive to Dr Neill, Canonmills, in whose 

 garden it spent some months. In England, 

 the instances of its capture are more rare. 

 Montague mentions a specimen in possession of 

 Mr Bullock, which was understood to have been 

 killed in the vicinity of Norwich; and the col- 

 lection at Twizel House possesses two specimens, 

 which were killed near Rothhury, in Northum- 

 berland, during the winter of 1823. In February 

 last a fine male was shot below Selby-on-the- 

 Moor in Yorkshire.* In Ireland, it has been 

 more frequently seen. Mr Thompson comnra- 

 tiicated the capture of one to the Zoological 

 Society in 1835, of which he has now enabled us 

 to give a more full account. " About the 26th 

 of March, 1835, a specimen of this bird was sent 

 in a recent state to Dr Adams of Portglenone, by 

 a person who had shot it a few days before in that 

 neighbourhood, and who stated that a similar indi- 

 vidual had been seen about the place where it was 

 obtained/' Other specimens have also been seen. 



* See notice in No. VII. of Mag. of Zool. and Bot. ii. p. 95. 



