144 Dalgleish on North American Birds in Europe. 



Russia. Those of Temminck have, however, generally been considered as 

 very doubtful, while the instances mentioned by Degland and Gerbe seem 

 also to require confirmation, as it seems that, in some instances at least, this 

 species may have been confounded with H. alhicilla, the European White- 

 tailed Eagle, some authors having described it as nesting in the North of 

 Europe, where evidently the latter was referred to. 



XXX. Ectopistes migratorius, Siv. Passenger Pigeon. 

 Great Britain. 1. One, Monimail, Fifeshire. Fleming, Hist. Br. 



Animals, p. 145. (Harting, Hand-book Br. B., p. 128.) 31 Dec, 1825. 



2. One, near Royston, Herefordshire. Yarrell, Br. B., H, ]>. 317. 

 July, 1844. 



3. One, Tralee, Ireland. Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ire., Birds, III, p. 443. 

 1848. 



4. One, seen at Tring, Herefordshire. Yarrell, 1. c. ? 



5. One, near Mellerstain, Berwickshire. TurnbuU, B. of East Lothian, 

 p. 41.* (Harting, 1. c.) 1869. 



6. One, at Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire. Hancock, Nat. Hist. Trans. 

 Northum. and Durh. (Harting, Zool., 1877, p. 180.) 12 Oct., 1876. 



Norway. Obs. — Temminck mentions occurrences of this species^ in 

 Norway and Russia, without giving particulars. 



Austria. 1. One, near Vienna. Bree, B. of E., 1st ed., I, p. 182, 

 fide Brehm. ? 



[Ortyx virginianus, Bonaj). American Partridge. 

 The only Eurojiean occurrences recorded of this species have been 

 of those in Great Britain, where it can only be regarded as an introduced 

 species, several having been turned down, by various individuals, from 

 time to time.] 



XXXI. Charadrius virginicus, Borck. American Golden 



Plover. 



Heligoland. 1. One, obtained by Hcrr H. Giitke. Gatke, J. f. O., 

 1856, p. 72. Cordeaux, Ibis, 1875, p. 184. Dec. 20, 1847. 



Mr. Seebohm considers that this species has probably crossed Siberia 

 from Alaska where it is found. 



Malta. Obs. — One, recorded from Malta, by Strickland (Ann. and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., V, p. 40) proved to be C. fuluits, Gm., the Asiatic 

 Golden Plover. 



XXXII. ^gialites vocifera (L.). Killdeer Plover. 

 Great Britain. 1. One, Knapp Mill, near Christchurch, Hants. 

 Sclater, Ibis, 1862, p. 275. April, 1857. 



* A gentleman in Berwickshire had, previous to this capture, turned out a 

 few Passenger Pigeons. 



