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that other two specimens of this rare visitant have been taken 

 in Northumberland. "One of these, in the possession of His 

 Grace the Duke of ^Northumberland, and, from the tints of its 

 plumage, apparently a female, was shot near Warkworth in the 

 autumn of 1821 ; the other was killed on the 1st of February, 

 1823, near Twizell," and was placed in Mr. Selby's collection.'^' 



Family. CHARADRIID^, Leaclx. 

 97. (EDICNEMUS, Temminch. 



3. Geeat Plotek. 03. ceepitans, Temminch. 



CEclicnemm crepitans, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 1. 

 „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, II., 436. 



A specimen of this rare visitant was shot in a grass field, near 

 Frenchman's Bay, South Shields, on the 4th of February, 1864. 

 I saw it shortly after it was stuffed : it is a young bird in first 

 plumage. 



98. CURSORIUS, Latham. 



4. Ceeam-colotjeed Couesee. C. Gallicus, {Gmelin.) 



Cursorius Europmis, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 

 373. 

 ,, „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, II., 431 . 



According to Harting, a specimen of this rare bird occurred at 

 Cheswick, Northumberland, November 9th, 1846, and is pre- 

 served in Mr. Brodrick's collection. Another specimen, pre- 

 served in the Berwick Museum, is reported by Mr. Gurney in 

 the "Zoologist," 1871, p.p. 2522 and 2562, fi'om Low Lynn, in 

 the same county. 



* The Collared PnUincole (Otorco/a ^rai^inco?^, Lliui.), roported by Mr. Duff, "Zoolo- 

 gist," 1850, p. 2771, and quoted in Ilarting's "IIand))Ook of British Birds," p. 133, as liav- 

 in^ occurred at Bedlinglon, Nortliumberland, is, according to a letter received from Mr. 

 Duff, a mistake, as tlic specimen was forwarded to liim liy a friend from Bridlington, 

 Yorkshire. 



