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Gate, Louth, Boston, Royston, Balcombe, North Burton, Barnet, Bridlington, Peterborough, 

 Skidby, Flotmanby, Whitby, Aldershot, Farnsfield, York, Teesmouth, Whitburn, Sheffield, 

 Farsley, Cowpen, Thropton, Ryton, Embleton, Ross Links, Belford, Berwick-on-Tweed, Imber, 

 Eccleshall, Kilcot, Warrington, Ludlow, Penrith, Oswestry, Leasowe, Walney, Slapton, Heanton, 

 Haverfordwest, Land's End, St. Agnes. In Ireland it was recorded from Balbriggan, Boss, 

 Drumbeg, and Naran ; and in Scotland from Muchalls, Hoylake, Stirling, Dornoch, Renfrew- 

 shire ; and from Unst, in the Shetland Isles. 



It was met with as far north as the Faeroes ; for one was found dead in the sea late in May, 

 near Thorshavn, two males were killed in June, and two others were obtained at the same time, 

 but not shot ; and they remained on the island as late as September. Mr. R. Collett says (Norg. 

 Fugle, p. 44) that "it appeared in flocks in the southern and western portions of Norway in the 

 summer and autumn of 1863, and several specimens were obtained. A flock of fourteen to 

 fifteen individuals was first observed at Mandel about the middle of August, out of which two 

 were shot and sent by Dr. Roscher to the University Museum. Subsequently specimens were 

 shot at Oieren and in Lauerdal ; along the west coast five were shot in Lindaas, in Nordhordland, 

 north of Bergen, and two on the Nordfjord, in 62° N. lat." Professor Sundevall says that it also 

 occurred in Sweden in 1863. Two were shot in July at Sandsjo,near Filipstad; and on the 10th 

 November three were seen on the east coast of Southern Oland, one of which was shot by 

 Mr. C. G. Kindberg. According to Bernhardt one was obtained on Gottland ; and two more are 

 recorded in the Jag. Forb. Tidskrift, 1864 ; and Mr. Wheelwright stated in a letter to the 

 ' Field ' that three were shot at Nykoping in May 1863. I do not find any record of its occur- 

 rence in Finland. Mr. Sabanaeff informs me that it has been once obtained near Moscow, in 

 1863, and that there is, according to Mr. Oulianin, a specimen in the Museum at Archangel 

 which was killed near that town. There is also a specimen in the collection of Mr. Heinrichs 

 which was shot in 1863 near Archangel. In North Germany it appears to have occurred in 

 many localities during the irruption of 1863. Professor Newton (I. c.) enumerates many 

 instances of its having been met with; and Hintz records (J. f. O. 1864, p. 194) the occurrence 

 of one between Belgard and Coslin. Mr. A. Benzon informs me that the first were met with in 

 Denmark on the 23rd July, 1859, and in 1863 it appeared in flocks, and some bred there. 

 Professor Newton gives (I. c.) some interesting extracts respecting the breeding-habits as observed 

 there, which I transcribe below. In Heligoland it appears to have been numerous in May and 

 June ; and nearly thirty were shot in the former month, and five in the latter. A large flock was 

 observed in the autumn on Norderney ; and flocks of from fifteen to one hundred appeared on the 

 21st May, on Borkum, where none were seen from the 23rd June to the 1st July, when large 

 flocks returned, and until September examples were observed and obtained there. In Holland 

 and Belgium it appears to have occurred in many localities ; and, according to Heer Crommelin, 

 it is said to have bred in the vicinity of Harlem : Professor Newton give the following localities 

 where it has occurred, viz. Groningen, Weert, Rocour, Velzen, Landvoort, Nordwijk, Wasse- 

 naar, St. Quentin, Lille, Ostend, Bergues, and Somme. Messrs. Degland and Gerbe say that in 

 1863 it was generally distributed throughout the basins of the Seine, the Loire, the Gironde, and 

 the Rhone, in the Departments of the Somme and the Aube from June to September, in Vendee 

 in November, and near Metz, on the Moselle, in February 1864. Mr. Howard Saunders informs 



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