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forest in March 1870. One is recorded (Zoologist, p. 6329), 

 by some one whose name is not given, thus : — " I saw 

 the bird, ' in the meat^' in Mr. Swaysland's shop. It had 

 been caught at Bognor, by a bird-catcher in clap-nets, 

 November 2ndj 1858. The bird bit his fingers so much that 

 he dared not place it with the newly-caught Goldfinches, and 

 was therefore obliged to kill it. It had a very large beak, with 

 the cross not nearly so much developed as in Loxia curvi- 

 rostra. There was a little yellow on the head. It was curious 

 to find such a bird apparently a long way from any of its 

 appropriate food." It is a native of the pine-forests of 

 Northern Europe, appearing in winter in Germany and 

 Poland occasionally, sometimes in Holland, Belgium, and 

 France. 



ICTERID^. 



RED-WINGED STARLING. 



Agelceus phoeniceus. 



This is a very abundant species in North America, and a 

 common cage-bird in this country. 



The particulars of the only two specimens which have been 

 recorded as obtained in this county, are as follows :— One, 

 stated by Mr. Jeffery (Zoologist, p. 8951) to have been 

 killed on December 25th, 1863, at Sidlesham, and to have 

 been found in a hedgerow. He believed it to be a male, but, 

 it being shot in the back, he could not tell by dissection. 

 The gizzard contained, besides small gravel, some round black 

 seeds ; it was in good condition, and showed no signs of having 

 been in confinement. The second example is a male, said 



