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specimen, having been bleached by exposure to the light for fifty 

 years in the old British Museum at Bloomsbury. 



Dr. Leach also bought the next Lots, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 

 including Razor-Bills, Puffins, Guillemots, etc. They were 

 mentioned by Gray in. 1863 in his "Catalogue of British Birds," 

 but very few were retained by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant when he wrote 

 the twenty-sixth volume of the " Catalogue of Birds." 



Lot 61, " An un described Gull, much allied to the Arctic 

 [Tern], but much superior in size, killed at Brighton," was 

 apparently the specimen of the Gull-billed Tern {Sterna anglica) 

 recorded by Gray as from " Great Britain. From Mr. Bullock's 

 Collection," in his " Catalogue of British Birds," 1863, p. 241. 

 It has since been destroyed, having fallen into bad condition, 

 and was not recognised as the specimen purchased by Leach. 



No. 68. The great white-winged Gull, Larus Glaucus, lately 

 killed in Shetland and Northumberland ; a fine adult male and 

 female, and the young of the first year. These were bought by 

 Leach for £6 16s. 6cZ. One of the young birds is still in the 

 Museum (cf. Howard Saunders, Cat. B., xxv., p. 293). 



Lot 78. "An undescribed Petrel with a forked tail, taken at 

 St. Kilda in 1818 ; the only one known." This was bought by 

 Leach for £b 15s., and is apparently the specimen described by 

 Temminck as Procellaria leaclui ("Man. d'Orn.," ii., p. 812). 



No. 79. Glariola austriaca, Austrian Pratincole (male), killed 

 in Shetland. The second specimen killed in Britain. See 

 Montague and Linnean Transactions. This is said to have been 

 purchased by Dr. Leach for eight guineas. There is no trace of 

 the specimen at the present time, and it was apparently not in 

 the Museum in 1863 {cf Gray, Cat. Brit. B., p. 137). 



Lot 83. Red-breasted Goose, shot near Berwick, was 

 purchased by Leach for =£27. It is still in the British Museum 

 {cf Gray, Cat. Brit, B., 1863, p. 185; Salvacl., Cat. B., xxvii., 

 p. 126, 1895). 



Lot 89. Eider Duck (male and female). Young ones, nest of 

 eider, and eggs, taken on Papa Westra, one of the Orkneys, in 

 1812. These were purchased by Leach for £2, and are most 

 probably the series mentioned by Count Salvadori as having 

 "no locality" (Cat. B., xxvii., p. 429). 



Lot 97. Rufous Duck (A. Nyroca) ; rare (male and female). 

 Purchased by Leach for £4 8s. They are recorded by Gray in 

 1863 as having been from the London market, but the only one 

 now remaining seems to be the male recorded from " England 

 by Count Salvadori (Cat. B., xxvii., p. 348). 



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