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"fjords " of Norway) : it subsequently strayed away into a narrow ditch, where it was 

 captured by an old woman in the parish of Bromham, and for some short time was 

 kept alive with bread and milk. When dead it was admirably mounted by Mr. 

 Withers, Taxidermist, at Devizes, and is now in the possession of Captain Meredith. 

 — Alfred Charles Smith ; Yatesbury Rectory, November 21, 1853. 



Occurrence of the Red-crested Whistliny Duck at Boston. — Mr. Green, the Bird 

 and Animal Preserver, of East Koad, City Road, has this day brought me in the flesh 

 an extremely fine male specimen of the very rare red-crested whistling duck, shot at 

 Boston, in Lincolnshire. — Edward Newman. 



A List of the Birds of West Cumberland. By Mr. Joseph Robson * 



White-tailed Eagle, Falco albicilla. St. Bees Heads, occasionally. 



Peregrine Falcon, Falco per egrinus. St. Bees Heads, breeds. 



Hobby, Falco subbuteo. Lake district. 



Merlin, Falco JEsalon. Lake district, common. 



Kestril or Windhover, Falco Tinnunculus. St. Bees Heads, 

 breeds. 



Sparrow-hawk, Falco Nisus. St. Bees Head, common. 



Kite, Falco Milvus. Keswick. 



Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanus furcatus. A specimen of this ex- 

 tremely rare bird was shot in Eskdale in the spring of this year 

 (1853), and is in the possession of an amateur animal-preserver at 

 Whitehaven. 



Common Buzzard, Falco Buteo. Common. 



Honey Buzzard, Falco apivorous. Occasionally seen on mountains. 



Marsh Harrier, Falco aeruginosus. Common. 



Short-eared Owl, Strix brachyotus. River Derwent. ' 



Barn Owl, Strix flammea. Very common. 



Tawny Owl, Strix stridula. Very common. 



Great Gray Shrike, Lanius excubitor. Westward. 



Red-backed Shrike, Lanius Collurio. Westward. 



Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa grisola. Common. 



Pied Flycatcher, Muscicapa atricapilla. Common. 



Common Dipper, Sturnus Cinclus. In all rivers. 



Missel Thrush, Turdus viscivorus. Hensinghara, common, breeds. 



Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris. Common. 



Song Thrush, Turdus musicus. Common. 



* Communicated by Walter Buchanan, Esq., F.L.S., he. 



