210 Dalgleish 071 North American Birds in Uurope. 



the discovery has been made in an already thoronghly explored 

 section. Whether this has any significance as indicating a special 

 tendency of the genus to differentiation on account of changes in its 

 environment, or is merely a coincidence, is of course problematical ; 

 the question of an extension of range from some heretofore unex- 

 plored habitat would also come in here for consideration. 



LIST OF OCCURRENCES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS 

 IN EUROPE. 



BY J. J. DALGLEISH. 



(^Concluded from p. 150.) 



XLV. Numenius borealis, Forster. Esquimaux Curlew. 

 Great Britain. 1. One, Cairn Monearn, near Stonehaven, Kincardine- 

 shire. Longmuir, Naturalist, 1855, p. 265. Yarrell, Br. B., II, p. 620. 

 6 Sept., 1855. 



2. One, on the Aide, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Hele, Notes about Alde- 

 burgh, p. 177. (Harting, Hand-book Br. B., p. 145.) ? 



3. One, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Hele, op. cit. (Harting, 1. c.) In 

 coll. of HiUing, Woodbridge, Suffolk. ? 



4. One, purchased in Dublin in the flesh. Blake Knox, Zobl., 1870, 

 p. 2408. In coll. of Sir Victor Brooke. 21 Oct.. 1870. 



5. One, Slains, Aberdeenshire. Sim, Scot. Naturalist, 1879, p. 36. 

 28 Sept., 1878. 



XLVI. Botaurus lentiginosus, Mont. American Bittern. 



Great Britain. 1. One, Piddletown, Dorset. Montague, Orn. Diet. 

 (Harting, Hand-book Br. B., p. 150.) Type in Brit. Mus. Autumn, 

 1804. 



2. One, Mothecombe, near Plymouth. Moore, Cat. Birds Devon, Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., 1837, p. 320. (Harting, 1. c.) 22 Dec, 1829. 



3. One, Dumfriesshire. Yarrell, Br. B., II, p. 578. Was in coll. of 

 Sir W. Jardine. Oct., 1844. 



4. One, near Armagh. Thompson, Ann Nat. Hist., XVH, 1846. (Hart- 

 ing, 1. c.) In Belfast Museum. 12 Nov., 1845. 



5. One, Fleetwood, Lancashire. Cooper, Zool., 1846, p. 1248. 8 Dec, 

 1845. 



