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Mr. Selby refers to one seen in Netherwitton Wood in 

 the county of Northumberland, in the autumn of 1819, by 

 his brother Captain Eobert Mitford, of the Royal Navy, 

 who also during an excursion in Switzerland, September 

 1825, met with a large flock of Nutcrackers in a forest 

 mostly composed of pinasters and stone pines. These birds 

 were all busily engaged, feeding upon the seeds contained 

 in the cones. They were not wild, but allowed of a near 

 approach. 



Mr. E. H. Rodd, of Penzance, in an extended communi- 

 cation to myself on the birds of Cornwall, mentions that 

 one was seen on a tree on the banks of Hooe Lake by 

 Thomas Bulted, Esq., of Belle Vue, near Plymouth. 



Dr. Edward Moore of Plymouth, in his published cata- 

 logue of the Birds of Devonshire, besides referring to the 

 example mentioned by Montagu, has recorded one other 

 that was shot in Devonshire in 1829, near Washford Pyne 

 Moor, by Mr. W. Tucker, of Dawlish. 



Rusticus, of Godalming, has lately noticed that one was 

 closely watched by a gentleman in Pepper Harrow Park, 

 the seat of Lord Middleton. 



Mr. Macgillivray, in his History of British Birds, says, 

 u There is a specimen in the Museum of the University of 

 Edinburgh, said to have been shot in Scotland ; another in 

 that of Mr. Arbuthnot, at Peterhead ; while the individual, 

 also killed in Scotland, from which this description was 

 taken, belongs to Mr. Thomas Henderson, Coate's Crescent, 

 Edinburgh." 



I do not find any notice of the occurrence of this bird in 

 Ireland. 



M. Vieillot says this bird appears to prefer mountainous 

 countries that are covered with firs. They are found in 

 Auvergne, Savoy, on the Alps in Switzerland, and in Aus~ 



