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has also been killed twice in Lancashire. Mr. Thompson 

 sends me word that it has, in a few instances, occurred in 

 summer, in various parts of Ireland. North of London, a 

 specimen was shot on the 15th August, 1830, at Haydon 

 House, a few miles from Royston. M. Hoy has recorded 

 a notice of one at Woodbridge in July, 1832. On the 10th 

 of July, 1838, a fine specimen was shot by one of the 

 gamekeepers of the Rev. J. Holmes, of Brooke Hall, 

 Norwich. This gentleman very obligingly sent the bird to 

 London, for my use in this work, and the figure at the 

 head of this subject was drawn from that specimen. The 

 Rose Pastor has also been obtained in the same county 

 more than once besides, as recorded by Messrs. Paget and 

 Mr. J. D. Salmon. This species has been obtained in Lin- 

 colnshire, Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumberland. The 

 Museum at Newcastle contains one British -killed specimen, 

 if not more. Mr. Selby mentions that a small flock were 

 seen in company with Starlings, near Bamborough Castle, 

 in July, 1818 ; and two other birds have been killed both 

 near Alnwick ; one of which is now in the collection of the 

 Rev. Oswald Head, of Howick Rectory, the other belongs 

 to Mr. MofFatt, one of the gamekeepers of Earl Grey, at 

 Howick, as communicated to me by Mr. Hutchinsoii, of 

 Durham. Dr. Fleming has noticed one that was killed at 

 Dunkeld. Thomas Macpherson Grant, Esq., of Edin- 

 burgh, has in his collection one shot in a garden in Forfar- 

 shire, on the 29th of September, 1831 ; and Mr. Bullock 

 had a female that was taken at Hoy in Orkney. 



Since the publication of the previous account, Mr. Hey- 

 sham has sent me notice of one killed near Carlisle, another 

 has been killed in Kent, and one in Essex. 



This bird, like our Starling, has an extended geographical 

 range. It is found, though rarely, in Sweden ; and is said 

 to have been obtained in Lapland. It is found in Russia 



