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a closet in his room. This also is a most beautiful bird, and is 

 probably referable to the Linota exilipes of Coues, which appears 

 to differ from the Greenland bird only in its somewhat smaller 

 size and proportions. It was sent by Mr. Hewetson to Lord 

 Lilford, and I understand will shortly be figured in the ' Illus- 

 trations of British Birds.' Mr. Loten remembers that two 

 others of the same sort were brought to him last winter, but 

 were unfortunately eaten by a cat. Fringilla linaria, Linn., 

 is a common visitor on migration in the Spurn district, the 

 larger races of the northern Redpolls being also occasionally 

 met with. 



White -throated Bunting, Zonotrichia albicollis, Bonap. — 

 One was shot on Feb. 13th, 1893, by Mr. G. W. Jalland, of 

 Holderness House, in his garden. This bird, now in Mr. 

 Jalland's collection, is an adult male in winter plumage (Zool. 

 1893, pp. 149-50; Nat. 1893, pp. 113-14). This very beautiful 

 specimen of the American White-throated Sparrow or Bunting 

 was preserved and set up by Mr. Philip Loten. of Easington. 



Lapland Bunting, Calcarius lapponicus (L.). — On Mav 11th, 



1893, Mr. M. Bailey and I saw a fine adult male in summer 

 plumage on Bempton Cliffs (Zool. 1893, p. 225 ; Nat. 1893, 

 p. 203). In the winter of the same year very considerable flocks 

 occurred at Flamborough and on the Lincolnshire coast (Zool. 



1894, p. 19; Nat. 1894, p. 39). 



Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca (L.). — One, fully adult, was 

 seen in a field close to the coast at Easington, on Sept. 27th, 

 1891, by myself, Mr. Hewetson, and Mr. H. Marsh of Leeds, and 

 others ('The Field,' Oct. 3rd, 1891 ; Nat. 1891, p. 359). 



Ruddy Sheldrake, Tadorna casarca (L.). — A female bird of 

 this species, now in Mr. G. H. Caton Haigh's collection, was 

 shot on Humberstone fitties on Sept. 1st, 1892 (Zool. 1892, 

 p. 334 ; Nat. 1893, p. 8). See also Zool. 1892, p. 392. 



Crane, Grus communis, Bechstein. — One, an immature bird, 

 was shot on the South Cliff Farm, Flamborough, in February, 

 1892 (Nat. 1893, p. 203). [Since then an adult Crane in abraded 

 plumage, but apparently a wild bird, was shot at Benacre, near 

 Lowestoft, in June, 1893, as recorded by Lieut.-Col. Butler 

 (Zool. 1893, p. 313).— Ed.] 



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