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Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.) is said to have been killed at Stockton-on-Tees early in 1850 ; but 

 Prof. Newton (in Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 537) excludes it from the British list, and the probability is 

 that the specimens stated to have been obtained as above were either " changed at nurse " by the 

 bird-stuffer or had escaped from confinement. This bird is a common species in North America. 



Tachycineta bicolor (Vieill.) — This, the common American Tree-Swallow, was recorded by 

 AVolley (Zool. 1853, p. 3806) as having occurred near Derby in 1850, and the specimen was 

 exhibited to the Zoological Society, Feb. 28th, 1860, and is now in the museum at Norwich. 



Progne subis (Linn.). — The American Purple Marten is said to have been once shot near 

 Kingston, Co. Dublin ; but this occurrence is open to doubt. 



Chelidon cashmiriensis, Gould. — According to Professor Giglioli (Avif. Ital. p. 187) one was 

 killed by Signor Dante Roster at Florence on the 13th October, 1885, this being, so far as I can 

 ascertain, the only record of its occurrence in Europe. 



Cyanospiza ciris (Linn.). — One, evidently escaped from confinement, was taken alive on 

 Portland Island in 1802 (Montagu, Orn. Diet., Suppl. fol. K2. 1813). It is a common species 

 in North and Central America, and is often imported into Europe as a cage-bird. 



Serinus icterus (Bonn. & Vieill.). — One is stated (Nat. 1853, p. 20) to have been taken near 

 Portland, and was evidently an escaped bird. This species inhabits a large portion of Africa. 



Carpodacus roseus (Pall.) is included by Temminck, who says that it is of accidental 

 occurrence in Hungary ; and Naumann and Degland and Gerbe state that it has been met 

 with in Russia, Hungary, and Germany ; but there does not appear to be any authentic instance 

 of its occurrence in Europe, unless it be that of a young bird said by Blasius to have been 

 obtained in Heligoland. 



Carpodacus rliodochlamys (Brandt). — This species is included with a query by Prof. Blasius 

 in his ' List of the Birds of Europe,' but I cannot find any authentic instance of its occurrence 

 in Europe. 



Zonotrichia albicollis (Gm.). — One was recorded (Proc. N. H. Soc. Glasgow, i. p. 209) as 

 having occurred near Aberdeen on the 17th August, 1867, and another (P. Z. S. 1872, p. 681) 

 near Brighton on the 22nd March, 1872, but both had probably escaped from confinement. 

 This bird is common in Eastern North America. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.). — Gatke (Vogelw. Helgol. p. 400) says that two males were 

 shot in Heligoland during the summer months, and brought to him, but both of these were 

 probably escaped birds. 



Junco hyemalis (Linn.). — The common American Snow-bird was included and figured by 

 Gould (B. of Eur. iii. pi. cxc.) on the authority of Temminck, who states that it has strayed to 

 Iceland ; but this appears to be a mistake, as there is no authentic instance of its having been 

 met with there. 



Emberiza fucatct, Pall. — Keyserling and Blasius (Wirbelth. Eur. p. xxxix) include this East 



