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Yorkshire. — A large flock first seen at Svvainby in the 

 middle of July, afterwards they broke up into small 

 parties (T. H. Nelson). An adult was picked up under 

 telegraph wires at Ilkley on July 18th (H. Walker, 

 Nat., 1909, p. 344). Small parties were seen near 

 Harrogate in the middle of July (R. Fortune, t.c, p. 344). 

 One Avas caught on the coast on September 26th. 

 (H. F. Witherby). 



North Sea. — One in immature plumage came on board a 

 steamer crossing to Hamburg when eighty-three miles 

 off Spurn Head at 6.5 a.m. on August 1st (C. 8. Carter, 

 Nat., 1909, p. 344). 



Norfolk. — On July 8th the gardener at Northrepps observed 

 twelve Crossbills on a young spruce-fir only some twelve 

 yards from the drawing-room window. On the 10th 

 they were further from the house but had increased in 

 number to sixteen, and from that date until September 

 26th small parties of them were seen at or near the same 

 place, but always on fir-trees of some sort, beneath which 

 the cones on the ground testified to their destructive 

 operations. Other flocks were seen during July and 

 August at Martham, Bodham, Cromer (three on 

 September 4th), Hempstead and Cley ; at the latter place, 

 Mr. Pashley tells me, gardens in the middle of the village, 

 including his own, were freely visited, possibly for the 

 sake of plums. A young Crossbill in the striped plumage, 

 but quite old enough to fly, was picked up alive on 

 Yarmouth sand-dunes, and brought to Mr. Lowne, as 

 well as two red males which were caught on a ship, one 

 of which, together with the young bird, he has still alive. 

 As lately as October 9th Mr. Gerard Gurney saw 

 fourteen at Hempstead, and these are the last reported ; 

 perhaps most of them have now moved further on 

 {J. H. Gurney). Six were taken at the Outer Dowsing 

 Lightship in July (A. Patterson). Adult male at Cley on 

 October 2nd [F.I. Richards). 



Notts. — A large number " a week ago " (say, end of August) 

 at Worksop (F. B. Hawkins, Field, 4, ix., 1909, p. 464). 



Bedfordshire.— Upwards of fifty seen on August 1st in the 

 larch-plantation along the roadside between Sandy and 

 Everton, and later in the morning a similar flock passed 

 overhead between Everton and Potton, which may very 

 probably have been the same birds (J. Steele Elliott.) 



Cheshire. — Quite a big lot at Bowdon now (October 15th) 

 [T. A. Coward). 



