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visitant, though many instances of its occurrence, 

 and that in some numbers, are on record, more 

 particularly in the north, and during winters of 

 extraordinary severity. In the winter of 1787, 

 many flocks were seen all over the county of York ; 

 in that of 1810 large flocks were dispersed over 

 the kingdom, and in the great storm in the winter 



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of 1823, several were again observed. In the 

 extreme north of Norway and Sweden, and the 

 icy forests of Russia, they are met with in great 

 numbers every winter, appearing much earlier 

 than in more temperate countries ; yet even here 

 they are only migratory visitors, receding from 



