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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  of 
  natural 
  food, 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  difficulty 
  in 
  obtaining 
  here, 
  he 
  might 
  

   moult 
  iuto 
  red 
  plumage, 
  which 
  he 
  already 
  showed 
  signs 
  of 
  doing. 
  — 
  

   Julian 
  G. 
  Tuck 
  (Tostock 
  Rectory, 
  Bury 
  St. 
  Edmunds, 
  Suffolk). 
  

  

  [A 
  full 
  account 
  of 
  Crossbills 
  in 
  captivity 
  was 
  also 
  given 
  by 
  a 
  Suffolk 
  

   correspondent, 
  J. 
  D. 
  Hoy, 
  in 
  1834, 
  to 
  'Loudon's 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist.' 
  vol. 
  

   vii. 
  pp. 
  54-5. 
  According 
  to 
  Bechstein, 
  great 
  numbers 
  were 
  bred 
  in 
  

   aviaries 
  in 
  Thuringia. 
  — 
  Ed.] 
  

  

  Lapland 
  Bunting 
  at 
  Warwick. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  21st 
  nit. 
  a 
  birdcatcher 
  

   brought 
  me 
  alive 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  Lapland 
  Bunting 
  (< 
  'alcarius 
  lap- 
  

   ponicus), 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  taken 
  in 
  a 
  clap-net 
  a 
  few 
  hours 
  previously 
  near 
  

   Acocks 
  Green, 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Warwick, 
  about 
  four 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  

   city 
  of 
  Birmingham. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  male, 
  the 
  russet 
  collar 
  showing 
  fairly 
  

   distinctly, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  plumage 
  and 
  claws 
  bright 
  and 
  clean. 
  The 
  

   man 
  stated 
  that 
  before 
  taking 
  this 
  two 
  birds 
  had 
  dropped 
  in 
  the 
  net, 
  

   but, 
  thinking 
  they 
  were 
  '• 
  Titlarks," 
  he 
  had 
  let 
  them 
  go, 
  but 
  shortly 
  

   afterwards 
  two 
  Chaffinches 
  and 
  another 
  alighted, 
  and 
  he 
  pulled. 
  I 
  

   have 
  four 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  in 
  my 
  collection, 
  three 
  of 
  them 
  taken 
  

   at 
  Yarmouth, 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  Sussex, 
  in 
  the 
  winters 
  of 
  1892-93, 
  and 
  I 
  

   have 
  carefully 
  compared 
  the 
  Warwickshire 
  bird 
  with 
  them. 
  In 
  doing 
  

   so 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  considerable 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  white 
  in 
  the 
  

   second 
  outer 
  tail-feathers, 
  and, 
  roughly 
  measuring 
  this 
  in 
  each 
  speci- 
  

   men, 
  I 
  found 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Yarmouth 
  Birds. 
  — 
  No. 
  1. 
  Width 
  at 
  tip 
  of 
  feather, 
  i 
  in. 
  ; 
  length, 
  

   }/. 
  in. 
  No. 
  2. 
  Width 
  at 
  tip 
  of 
  feather, 
  i 
  in. 
  ; 
  length, 
  f 
  in. 
  No. 
  3. 
  

   Width 
  at 
  tip 
  of 
  feather, 
  J^ 
  in. 
  ; 
  length, 
  J 
  in. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Sussex 
  and 
  the 
  Warwickshire 
  birds 
  this 
  feather 
  was 
  entirely 
  

   black, 
  though 
  in 
  the 
  former 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  sure 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  full 
  com- 
  

   plement 
  of 
  feathers, 
  there 
  being 
  only 
  ten, 
  while 
  all 
  the 
  others 
  have 
  

   twelve. 
  In 
  the 
  Yarmouth 
  bird, 
  No. 
  3, 
  the 
  white 
  is 
  a 
  mere 
  streak, 
  and 
  

   is 
  slightly 
  obscured 
  with 
  black 
  for 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  towards 
  

   the 
  tip, 
  and 
  the 
  white 
  is 
  hardly 
  white 
  but 
  rather 
  buff, 
  something 
  like 
  

   the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  feathers, 
  but 
  of 
  a 
  lighter 
  shade. 
  In 
  no 
  case 
  is 
  

   the 
  white 
  patch 
  nearly 
  so 
  large 
  as 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  corresponding 
  feather 
  of 
  

   the 
  Reed- 
  Buntings 
  I 
  have. 
  The 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  claw 
  seems 
  also 
  

   subject 
  to 
  variation 
  ; 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Yarmouth 
  birds 
  it 
  is 
  fully 
  § 
  in. 
  long, 
  

   in 
  all 
  the 
  others 
  about 
  ^ 
  in. 
  — 
  Thomas 
  Ground 
  (School 
  Lane, 
  Moseley, 
  

   Birmingham). 
  

  

  Lapland 
  Buntings 
  in 
  Norfolk. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Clement 
  T. 
  Carroll 
  writes 
  me 
  

   word 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  received 
  two 
  living 
  Lapland 
  Buntings, 
  captured 
  on 
  

   the 
  denes 
  at 
  Great 
  Yarmouth 
  in 
  September. 
  The 
  first, 
  a 
  female, 
  was 
  

   taken 
  on 
  the 
  18th, 
  and 
  the 
  other, 
  a 
  young 
  male, 
  on 
  the 
  24th. 
  Snow- 
  

  

  