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Yarmouth, who said that it had been caught on the rigging of a vessel which arrived at that 

 port in October 1870. This bird, a female, was kept alive by Mr. H. Stevenson until December 

 1874, and was more than once seen by Professor Newton. Mr. Eobert Gray writes (B. of W. of 

 Scotl. pp. 155, 156) that " in February 1841 a specimen of this straggling visitant to Britain was 

 shot near Jedburgh, and came under the notice of Mr. Jerdon, whose name appears in connexion 

 with the preceding species ; and Mr. Thomas Edward, of Banff, has recorded that a large flock 

 appeared near that town in 1859. The birds, in this case, seemed to be in a state of great 

 exhaustion, many of them being even unable to cling to the trees on which they perched. 

 About twelve or fifteen years ago my friend Dr. Dewar, when sailing from America to this 

 country, observed great numbers of this species crossing the Atlantic before a stiff westerly 

 breeze. Many of the flocks alighted on the rigging and deck of the steamer, which, at the time, 

 was about six hundred miles east of the Newfoundland coast. He secured ten or twelve 

 specimens of the bird, and put them in confinement : one or two escaped as the ship approached 

 the Irish coast, and made direct for land; two others flew out of their cage when being con- 

 veyed in a cab through the streets of Liverpool ; and five birds were sent to myself." I do not 

 find any other instance of its occurrence in Great Britain, except that Dr. Saxby says (B. of 

 Shetl. Isl. p. 115) that he shot two at Halligarth on the 4th of September 1859, and adds that 

 he is sure that they are the American species. Professor Newton says that an adult specimen 

 was procured about 1831 from the east coast of Greenland by an Esquimaux, and that subse- 

 quently another adult and three young were obtained in South Greenland. According to 

 Mr. Reeks this Crossbill is common throughout the year in Newfoundland, being most abundant 

 in winter, when it collects in flocks of from five to twenty individuals, and feeds chiefly on the 

 seeds of Abies alba ; and it is found right across the American continent from Labrador to 

 Alaska. Dr. Elliott Coues gives its range (B. of N.W. p. 110) as "Northern North America, 

 from ocean to ocean ; south in winter into the United States, as far west as the Rocky Moun- 

 tains (no United-States Pacific-coast record) ; resident in Northern New England, breeding in 

 winter, and, according to Audubon, breeding in Pennsylvania and New Jersey ; Wyoming in 

 summer; south ordinarily to Philadelphia." When off the coast of Labrador many years ago in 

 June several specimens flew on board the steamer, two of which I caught and preserved ; and it 

 is stated by Mr. Weiz to breed there at Okkak. Richardson met with it in 62° N. lat., and 

 believes that it ranges as far north as the dense spruce-forests extend. Mr. Murray records it 

 from Hudson's Bay ; and Mr. Ross states that it winters in the pine-woods of the Mackenzie, but 

 is scarce on the Upper Saskatchewan. I found it extremely numerous in New Brunswick during 

 the two years I lived there ; and it certainly breeds in that province. I tried hard to find its nest, 

 but without success, but have seen fragments of its eggs. During the time it was breeding large 

 numbers visited one of our lumber-camps ; but the men failed to find its nest. At last the 

 camp-cook hit on an expedient to obtain eggs. He caught several females and kept them alive ; 

 and in the course of a few days they deposited three eggs in the cage. These he sent to me 

 unblown and badly packed ; and consequently they arrived so broken that I could not preserve 

 one, and threw all away. Mr. Boardman says that it is as common in Maine as in New Bruns- 

 wick ; and Messrs. Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway say that " its appearance in Eastern Massachusetts 

 is much more irregular both as to numbers and time than that of L. americana. In the fall and 



