116 RARE VISITANTS. 



1846, p. 1498; Stevenson, Birds of Norfolk, vol. i. 



p. 243. 

 One, Mickleover, near Derby, Nov. 1845 : Bell, Zoologist, 



1846, p. 1247. 

 Nine, Brampton, near Carlisle, 1846 : Cooper, Zoologist, 1846, 



p. 1551 ; Hodgkinson, Zoologist, 1847, p. 1638. 

 One, Epping: Yarrell, fide Doubleday, op. cit. 

 Four or five seen, one shot, near Thetford, 10th May, 1846 : 



Hunter, Zoologist, 1846, p. 1498; Stevenson, op. cit. 



p. 242. 

 Several, Drinkston, Suffolk, 1849: Bree, Zoologist, 1849, 



p. 2419. 

 One, Taunton, Somerset, 1851 : Prideaux, Zoologist, 1852, 



p. 3474. 

 One, co. Dublin, July or August 1868 : Blake Knox, Zoologist, 



1868, p. 1376. 



AMERICAN WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. Loxia leu- 



coptera, Gmelin. 

 Hob. Northern parts of North America. 



One near Jedburgh, Roxburgshire, Feb. 1841 : R. Gray, 



Birds of West of Scotland, p. 155. 

 One, Exmouth, Sept. 1845 : Fitton, Zoologist, 1845, p. 1190 ; 



Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 34. 

 Four, Edwinstowe, Notts, April 1849: Sterland, Birds of 



Sherwood Forest, p. 126. 

 "A large flock" near Banff, 1859 : Edward, Zoologist, 1859, 



p. 6631 ; R. Gray, /. c. 



Obs. Some years since Dr. Dewar of Glasgow, when 

 600 miles off Newfoundland, observed a number of 

 these birds crossing the Atlantic before a stiff westerly 

 breeze. Many alighted on the rigging, and ten or 

 twelve specimens were secured. Of these two escaped 



