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plantations, to wander along the hedgerows and 

 thickets in search of ripe blackberries and other wild 

 fruits, to which they are very partial. 



97. LOXIA CURVIROSTRA, Linnaeus. Common 

 Crossbill. 



Must be considered now only an occasional wan- 

 derer to this district. Formerly, Mr. Alington says, 

 it was not uncommon in the neighbourhood of Swin- 

 hope. Has frequently during the last ten years oc- 

 curred in the East Riding and in Lincolnshire during 

 the autumn. Mr. Boulton has received several speci- 

 mens shot at Flamborough Head, and writes me that ti-W-u 

 is found in flocks in the Sledmere and Castle-Howard 

 woods. 



Several were seen and obtained in various localities 

 in North Lincolnshire in the autumn of 1868, during 

 which season large numbers appeared in various parts 

 of England. 



98. LOXIA PITYOPSITTACUS, Bechstein. Parrot 

 Crossbill. 



A single specimen, a female, of this rare northern 

 Crossbill was shot by Mr. Bailey, of Flamborough, on 

 the Headland during the first week in August 1866, 

 and was received in the flesh by Mr. Boulton, who 

 mentions the circumstance of its capture in the 

 'Zoologist' for 1867, p. 543. 



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